Russia

Trump invited Putin to join Gaza peace board, Kremlin claims - report

The Kremlin stated that Moscow is studying the proposal and hopes for contacts with Washington concerning it.

US President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025; illustrative.
 US President-elect Donald Trump, Trump's plane landing in Greenland (illustrative).

'No longer obligated to think of peace': Trump renews Greenland push, cites Russian threat

 Executive producer and cast member Nikki Glaser participates in Viacom Comedy Central "Not Safe with Nikki Glaser" panel during the Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 6, 2016

Ballroom blitz: Celebrity certainty threatens real journalism - opinion

Baba Baruch, heir of Baba Sali, speaks to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir during traditional ceremonies in Netivot, 1988.

This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali


IAEA secures localized ceasefire between Russia, Ukraine for backup line to Zaporizhzhia plant

"The IAEA continues to work closely with both sides to ensure nuclear safety at the ZNPP and to prevent a nuclear accident during the conflict," Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

A view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 14, 2023.

Lebanon detains Syrian who helped funnel funds to pro-Assad fighters, sources say

His arrest came nearly a month after top Syrian security officials asked Lebanon to track down and hand over more than 200 officers who fled there after Assad was overthrown.

Syrian citizens celebrating fall of the Assad regime, staying on abandoned government army tank in Damascus, December 11, 2024.

Putin offers to mediate Iran issue in phone call with Netanyahu

Putin told Netanyahu that he was "in favor of intensifying political and diplomatic efforts to ensure stability and security in the region."

 Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin

Israel, Iran reassured each other on strikes via Russia before protests broke out - report

According to the officials quoted by the Washington Post, while “Iranian officials responded positively to the Israeli outreach, they were wary of Israel’s intentions.”

Iran and Israel flags on Middle east geopolitical map.

Kyiv at -18C: Thousands left without heat after Russian strikes

Mayor Vitali Klitschko urges temporary evacuation after one of the heaviest Russian barrages of the war; Jewish institutions receive fuel for generators and lifesaving heating gear.

Across the Kyiv region, social services warned of severe risks to vulnerable residents, especially the elderly and children, in unheated homes.

The war in Israel is in a lull, but Jewish soldiers are still fighting in Ukraine

Chernetsky says he continued fighting so that no one would say that Jews didn't fight.

One of the Jewish soldiers fighting in Ukraine.

Tehran doubles down on repression, believing US reluctance will delay new strikes - analysis

Iran's foreign minister claimed that “terrorist elements from the outside” were seeking to drag the US into a conflict.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, September 9, 2025.

Israeli psychic appoints Trump president of his private island to solve global fight over Greenland

Israeli psychic Uri Geller appointed US President Trump as the president of his island, claiming that US presence in Lamb could prevent a war with China and Russia, and holds the "key to peace."

US President Donald Trump (L), Israeli psychic Uri Geller over a background of Greenland.

US seeks warrants to seize dozens more tankers linked to Venezuelan oil trade

The administration of President Donald Trump has said it plans to control Venezuela's oil resources indefinitely as it seeks to rebuild the country's dilapidated oil industry.

An illustration of oil rigs over a background of a Venezuelan flag.

Trump’s new world order is hitting the Middle East at full speed - opinion

Donald Trump’s aggressive foreign policy is reshaping the global order and sending shockwaves through the Middle East, from Iran to Israel.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

Global Monopoly game: How a small state like Israel survives in ruthless geopolitics - opinion

When global politics is like playing Monopoly, empathy erodes, it's about survival by crushing the weak.

Service members take part in what Russian Defence Ministry says is the deployment of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, at an unidetified location in this still image from video released December 30, 2025.