United States and Russian officials have met in Saudi Arabia for the first high-level talks between the two countries since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, along with other senior officials, met on Tuesday morning in Riyadh’s Diriyah Palace. The…

Russia’s FSB security service has said a US citizen sentenced to a 15-year jail term this week was found guilty of leaking biotechnology secrets to the United States. In a statement on Friday, FSB accused Eugene Spector, who was born in Russia and then moved to the US, of acting on behalf of the Pentagon….

NewsFeed Trump talks up ‘progress’ on Ukraine war after release of US prisoner US President Donald Trump said “great progress” had been made on ending the war in Ukraine after the release of US prisoner Marc Fogel, who’d been held in Russia since 2021. Published On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly will meet with her US counterpart Marco Rubio in Washington, DC, as Canada seeks to stave off the threat of steep United States tariffs and a potential trade war between the two countries. Joly is set to hold talks with the US secretary of state on Wednesday afternoon in the…

El Salvador’s president has proposed jailing convicts from the United States in his country, an “unprecedented” offer praised by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Nayib Bukele made the offer while hosting Rubio at his Lake Coatepeque residence, outside San Salvador, on Monday. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 US Secretary…

A United States judge has handed a temporary win to President Donald Trump and billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, ruling against a request for a temporary restraining order that would slow down their efforts to hollow out federal agencies. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision on Tuesday came as part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by…