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Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Russian export buyers unless Ukraine peace deal is reached by September
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Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Russian export buyers unless Ukraine peace deal is reached by September

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 14, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose “secondary tariffs” on Russia’s […]

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Trump threatened to ‘bomb the s— out’ of Moscow to deter Putin: CNN
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Trump threatened to ‘bomb the s— out’ of Moscow to deter Putin: CNN

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via Reuters President Donald Trump told campaign donors last year that he had threatened to “bomb the s–t out of Moscow” if Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, according to a new report. Trump at the same donor meeting claimed […]

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Trump ‘not happy with Putin,’ accuses Russian leader of throwing ‘bulls—‘
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Trump ‘not happy with Putin,’ accuses Russian leader of throwing ‘bulls—‘

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was “not happy” with Vladimir Putin over the ongoing war on Ukraine, and accused the Russian leader of throwing ‘bulls—‘ at the United States […]

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Sacked Russian transport minister found dead in his car with gunshot wound
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Sacked Russian transport minister found dead in his car with gunshot wound

FILE PHOTO: Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoit arrives at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Russia’s sacked transport minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis […]

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BRICS summit opens in Brazil, overshadowed by Trump’s tariff policies and Middle East tensions
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BRICS summit opens in Brazil, overshadowed by Trump’s tariff policies and Middle East tensions

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China’s Premier Li Qiang, India’s Prime Minister Narendra  Modi, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other leaders, attend the opening meeting of BRICS Summit, at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025. Ricardo Moraes | […]

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Trump to speak with Putin after U.S. pauses some weapons shipments to Ukraine
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Trump to speak with Putin after U.S. pauses some weapons shipments to Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump wears a “Gulf of America” hat as he boards Air Force One to depart for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., July 1, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump said he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. The call comes two […]

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Russia watches on as ally Iran is pummeled — and it’s unlikely to go to Tehran’s rescue
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Russia watches on as ally Iran is pummeled — and it’s unlikely to go to Tehran’s rescue

Russian President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition at the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow, Russia, April 30, 2025. Alexander Kazakov | Via Reuters Russia’s response to Iran’s call for help is being closely watched on Monday after the U.S. bombed Tehran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend — but […]

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A ‘terrible spiral of escalation’: World braces for intensifying Iran-Israel conflict
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A ‘terrible spiral of escalation’: World braces for intensifying Iran-Israel conflict

Urgent international calls for restraint appear to be falling on deaf ears as the world braces for intensifying conflict in the Middle East. All eyes are on the White House, as U.S. President Donald Trump weighs carrying out direct military strikes on Iran. Such an act would represent a dramatic deepening of U.S. involvement in […]

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Putin speaks to Trump, condemns Israel’s strikes on Iran, Kremlin says
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Putin speaks to Trump, condemns Israel’s strikes on Iran, Kremlin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with students during a visit to the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Moscow, Russia April 16, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna | Via Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump for 50 minutes on Saturday, focusing on hostilities between Israel and Iran and calling for efforts to bring […]

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Trump threatened to ‘bomb the s— out’ of Moscow to deter Putin: CNN
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Trump says he spoke to Putin, predicts no ‘immediate’ peace for Russia and Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for well over an hour about Ukraine’s latest attack on Russian airplanes and nuclear talks with Iran. Putin in that call vowed retaliation against Ukraine […]

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