Charles Maynes

NATO's secretary general heads to Washington Monday for meetings with President Trump. The visit comes as Trump has expressed growing frustration with Russia over its war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin is using the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum to showcase remaining allies and address questions of recession.

Russia is dealing with its own war in Ukraine, which complicates any potential involvement in the Middle East conflict the U.S. entered June 21.

Officials from Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul on Monday failed to reach a ceasefire but agreed to exchange more prisoners.

For several days now, President Trump has expressed growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the slow progress towards ending the war in Ukraine.

Russians remember Yuri Grigorovich, a choreographer who was artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet for three decades. He died May 19 aged 98.

President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than two hours on Monday and claimed progress toward ending the war in Ukraine. But Putin did not agree to an immediate ceasefire.

Representatives from Russia and Ukraine will gather in Turkey on Thursday for negotiations — their first since the early months of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion in 2022.

Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of China and Brazil to commemorate the anniversary.