China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

Steve Rosenberg on how the rapprochement between the US and Russia is viewed in Moscow.

Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian state TV host and key ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Moscow could "erase" Germany "off the face of the earth" during a recent broadcast. Newsweek reached out to the German embassy for comment via email on Thursday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted a New York Times reporter as a “left-wing stenographer” after he compared President Donald Trump to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on press freedoms.

The US president wants critical minerals in Greenland and Ukraine. Now Moscow has offered access to the key metals.

Umaro Sissoco Embalo's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin comes as Moscow continues its drive to build economic and security ties with countries in Africa.

China's President Xi Jinping had a call with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Monday and said he was pleased with Moscow's efforts to hold a summit with the U.S. toward ending the war in Ukraine,

CBS's Cold War-era Moscow reporter Marvin Kalb warned against President Donald Trump making a deal with Vladimir Putin that leaves "Ukraine in a ditch."

The cause of the blaze is unclear but there have been numerous mysterious fires and explosions in Russia since Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

US President Donald Trump greeted his British counterpart Sir Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday, ahead of bilateral talks between the two leaders over the future of Ukraine. Starmer will urge Trump to provide US military cover to secure peace in Ukraine and to make it clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin that any future aggression from Moscow would be repelled.

In Moscow, there’s plenty of speculation that Musk could quickly become to Trump what Boris Berezovsky was to Putin. Two alpha males, many argue, cannot coexist in the same den.