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First Russian diesel from Putin-Trump deal heading for US, data shows

The identities of the buyer and seller were not immediately known. The cargo will be the first imported by the US since former President Joe Biden announced a ban on US imports of Russian oil in 2022

A drone view shows the Russian-flagged tanker Bratsk, which is under U.S. sanctions for links to the Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot, near the Baniyas oil terminal, in Baniyas, Syria, April 8, 2026.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, September 5, 2026.

Putin suggests meeting with Trump, Xi to discuss Ukraine war resolution - report

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine, October 8, 2026.

Zelensky says Ukraine's patience has run out as Kyiv strikes Russian refinery despite US pressure

US President Donald Trump speaks with media before boarding Marine One as he travels to Grand Island, Nebraska, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 5, 2026.

Trump, Putin to discuss suspected plague case as US officials press Russia for answers


Russia scrambled fighter jet to escort US patrol plane over Norwegian Sea

The United States has expelled two Russian embassy officials after Russia earlier expelled two US diplomats from the American embassy in Moscow, the US State Department said on Friday.

Royal Australian Air Force (A47-010) Boeing P-8A Poseidon conducting a touch-and-go at Canberra Airport.

Putin: Donald Trump's prosecution exposes 'rotten' US politics

He has pleaded not guilty, while Biden, who is seeking re-election next year, has kept silent about the proceedings against his opponent.

 President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018.

Kremlin: US plan to give Ukraine seized Russian funds is illegal

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a visit to Kyiv on Wednesday that Washington was transferring millions of assets seized from Russia to Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a joint news conference at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi, India July 28, 2021

Russia: US supply of depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine is 'criminal act'

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced a new security assistance package worth up to $175 million for Ukraine, including depleted uranium ammunition for US Abrams tanks.

 An instructor performs for participants, who take part in a military exercise for civilians conducted by members of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps of the Right Sector near Lviv, Ukraine October 29, 2022.

Russian court extends pretrial detention of Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich until November

Russia may delay a prisoner exchange until after the 2024 presidential election in order to exacerbate discord in the United States.

 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March while on a reporting trip and accused of espionage, is escorted into a court building before a hearing on extending his pre-trial detention, in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2023.

US imposes sanctions over forced deportation, transfer of Ukrainian children

Russia acknowledges having transferred thousands of children out of Ukraine, but says this has been done exclusively to protect orphans and children abandoned in the war zone.

 Valeriia, who went to a Russian-organized summer camp from non-government controlled territories and was then taken to Russia, embraces her mother Anastasiia after returning via the Ukraine-Belarus border, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 8, 2023.

Russia launches lunar lander in race to find water on moon

The Russian lunar mission, the first since 1976, is racing against India, which launched its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander last month, and more broadly with the United States and China.

 US Cygnus and Russian Soyuz spaceships

Blinken urges world to tell Russia: Enough using Black Sea as blackmail

"Enough treating the world's most vulnerable people as leverage. Enough of this unjustified unconscionable war," Blinken stated.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Bejing, China, June 18, 2023.

US accuses Russia of dangerous ‘behavior’ harming drone - analysis

US Central Command said that Russia had conducted “unsafe and unprofessional behavior in the air.”

A Russian Su-27 military aircraft dumps fuel while flying by a US Air Force MQ-9 "Reaper" drone over the Black Sea, March 14, 2023 in this still image taken from handout video released by the Pentagon.

Classified US military info sent to Mali due to email typo

Concerns have been raised as the Russian-allied Mali government will soon have access to decades worth of mistakenly sent secrets.

3D printed models of people working on computers and padlock are seen in front of a displayed DATA LEAKING words and binary code in this picture illustration taken, February 1, 2022.