Ukrainian negotiators were set to meet with European officials in Brussels, and later US officials in Florida, days after a five-hour Kremlin meeting with a visiting White House delegation where President Vladimir Putin doubled down on his hard-line conditions to end the war on Ukraine.
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Hungary said it will launch a legal challenge against the European Union's approval of a provisional agreement on phasing out imports of Russian natural gas as the bloc looks to end its dependency on Russian energy.
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Some of the largest protests in modern Bulgaria's history broke out throughout the country on December 1 against a 2026 budget that would see taxes hiked and social-security contributions raised by a government many Bulgarians view as corrupt.
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Russia claimed it had captured a strategic city in Ukraine's Donbas region, an announcement that appeared timed with a critical Kremlin meeting with visiting US officials trying to reach agreement on a peace deal.
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Russia's main launch facility for sending cosmonauts into space was damaged during the latest launch of a Soyuz capsule, prompting emergency repairs.
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Top US and Ukrainian officials wrapped up their talks in Florida, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling the session "very productive" but saying additional work was needed in the effort to thrash out a plan to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
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More than half of Russia's major oil refineries -- many deep inside the country -- are going up in flames, hit by Ukrainian drone attacks. So could this new wave of strikes actually change the course of the war? Oil and gasoline shortages are visible now in Russia, with export revenues down nearly a fifth from last year, and ordinary Russian citizens are feeling the pain. But Russia still takes in billions in oil and gas revenue annually and has shown resilience to external forces. So how much will the growing wave of Ukrainian long-range attacks actually affect the war?
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The United States said it is halting all immigration requests relating to Afghanistan after an Afghan national shot two members of the National Guard, one of whom died a day after the shooting near the White House.
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The United States will immediately stop all immigration requests relating to Afghanistan after an Afghan national shot and critically wounded two members of the National Guard not far from the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 26.
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White House envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow next week, the Kremlin said, amid accelerating efforts to cement a US-backed peace proposal that many Ukrainians -- and European leaders -- are wary of.
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US President Donald Trump said he is sending special envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin over a peace deal with Ukraine that Kyiv says it it ready "to move forward" on as some final "sensitive" points are ironed out.
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Amid massive Russian strikes on cities across Ukraine, one group of firefighters was forced to battle a blaze engulfing their own vehicle after what they claim was a targeted drone strike.
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