(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on August 15 in Alaska

Trump confirmed the meeting with the Russian leader as Canada said it intends to lower the price cap on Russian oil alongside Britain and the European Union.

Russian business in the UAE has ballooned since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as its citizens fled sanctions and mandatory conscription.

Oil closed 1% lower Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced new India tariffs

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he is not against holding a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky but conditions should be created to do that, TASS news agency reported.

"They're buying Russian oil, they're fueling the war machine, and if they're going to do that, then then I'm not going to be happy," the U.S

India's set to face a 50% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil

(Reuters) -A U.S. Army soldierwas arrested on Wednesday for allegedly seeking to pass sensitive information about American battle tanks to the Russian government, according to the U.S

India, which now faces among the highest tariff rates imposed by the US, called the levy "unjustified and unreasonable".

In Kharkiv, investigators gather evidence of Russian attacks - and how it has dodged sanctions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week their first meeting since Trump's return to office in January a White House official said on Wednesday

Trump last week said that goods from India would be subject to a tariff of 25%, in addition to a "penalty" over the country's purchase of military equipment and energy from Russia.

TheWhite Houseannounced Wednesday that it is imposing anadditional 25% tariffonIndia, bringing the total levies against the major United States trading partner to 50%, CNBC reported.

If India were to stop buying Russian oil today, global crude prices would jump, industry sources in the Indian petroleum sector told CNBC,

Trump's tariff threats and social media outbursts have raised concerns about the state of India-US relations.

U.S.-Indiaties are facing their most serious crisis in years after talks between the two countriesfailed to produce a trade agreement.

Missile and drone attacks on Ukraine are now higher than at any other point of the war, Ukrainian data suggests.

(Reuters) -Russian strikes killed two people and wounded 10 others, including four children, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Wednesday

The sweeping secondary tariffs could cut the flow of Russian oil and gas to global markets.

KYIV (Reuters) -One person was killed and 10 people, including two children, were wounded early on Tuesday in Russia's largest air attack on the Ukrainian town of Lozova since the war began, officials said

(Reuters) -A nuclear submarine base in Russia's remote Far East region was damaged last week following one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the area in decades, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing satellite images

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev blamed NATO countries on Monday for the abandonment of a moratorium on short- and medium-range nuclear missiles and said Moscow would take further steps in response

The US president says India doesn't care "how many people in Ukraine are being killed" - but India calls the tariff threat "unjustified".

Trump last week said he would impose a 25 per cent tariff on goods imported from India and added that the world's fifth-largest economy would also face an unspecified penalty.

Despite U.S

(Reuters) -Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has become embroiled in a tense back-and-forth on social media that prompted U.S

Meanwhile, Ukraine reports Russian air strikes on the southern cities of Kherson and Mykolaiv.

The eruption of a volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula may be linked to a massive earthquake last week, experts say.

The strike was one of several Ukraine said it carried out against Russian military infrastructure.

US President Donald Trump says two nuclear submarines are being deployed in the "appropriate regions".

The youngest victim in Thursdays strikes was 2 years old, and 16 of the injured were children, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Europe must start seeing Ukraine as a European country, and the Ukrainian military as a European army, Ilya Yashin, a prominent Russian opposition activist, said in Belgrade on Friday

The Russian president says Moscow's initial tough demands must be met, despite a looming US sanctions deadline.

Trump's order sharply escalated a social media battle with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.

A boy and his mother are among the dead and Kyiv says it has seen the biggest number of child casualties of the war.

Not only did Trump impose a 25% tariff on India, he also announced a "penalty" on top of the duty because the South Asian country buys Russian oil.

Not only did Trump impose a 25% tariff on India, he also announced a "penalty" on top of the duty because the South Asian country buys Russian oil.

The earthquake was one of the strongest ever recorded, but its tsunami was not as bad as feared.

Ukraine's military says three people were killed as Russia posted video of what it said was the strike.

A number of cases emerge of servicemen targeted for their salaries and pay-offs by government officials.

The deadly Russian air strikes come as US President Donald Trump toughens truce ultimatum to Russia.

President Donald Trump said he is "disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin over his continued military aggression in Ukraine

The Kremlin says reports of a cyber-attack on Russia's national carrier Aeroflot are "worrying".

It's easy to forget Russian and Ukrainian soldiers continue to fight for every inch of frontline territory in Ukraine, and the world feels like it has moved on.

Critics say EU policy has given Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev a free hand during his crackdown on opponents.

TEHRAN Irans domestically-built telecommunications satellite, Nahid-2, was successfully launched into orbit on Friday aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia.

The Angara airlines An-24 plane had disappeared from radar as it approached an airport in Amur region.

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian overnight attack on the southern region of Odesa hit sea ports and transport connections, Ukrainian deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on the Telegram messenger on Thursday

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air traffic control lost contact with an An-24 passenger plane with about 50 people on board in the eastern Amur region, the Interfax and SHOT news outlets reported on Thursday

TEHRAN Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh met his Russian counterpart, Andrey Belousov, in Moscow on Monday for discussions centered on enhancing bilateral military and defense cooperation.

TEHRAN A large-scale joint maritime search and rescue exercise, CASAREX 2025, kicked off on Monday in the Caspian Sea with the participation of naval forces from the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation.

The Russian conductor has been barred from Western stages since the invasion of Ukraine.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Major Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia sowed chaos at major airports serving Moscow on Monday, with thousands of passengers waiting in lines or sleeping on the floor after flights were cancelled or delayed, Russian media reported

TEHRAN Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Irans Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, held talks on nuclear affairs with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday, according to the Kremlin.

TEHRAN - In a note, Ham Mihan addressed Axios' claim about the option of stopping enrichment in Iran at Russia's request and wrote: Last week, after the Axios news outlet, citing Western diplomats, claimed that Russian President Putin had suggested in a message to Iran that the Islamic Republic accept the option of halting enrichment on its soil in the negotiations, a new controversy emerged about the Iran nuclear case.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to move toward a peace settlement for Ukraine but Moscow's main objective is to achieve its goals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television in a clip published on Sunday

Russian youth organisations are encouraging Ukrainian children to turn against their country.

EU policymakers on Friday signaled that the price at which non-G7 countries could purchase Russian crude and access G7 logistics services has been lowered.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian troops have taken control of three villages in three different parts of the frontline running through Ukraine, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday

The scheme allows Ukrainian troops to trade videos of confirmed kills on the battlefield for prizes.