Vladimir Putin

Trump ally ties up with Russia's Novatek on natural gas in Alaska, NYT reports

Epstein waged years-long quest to meet Putin and talk finance

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, on Dec 19, 2025.

1,000 Kenyans lured into Russia’s army as families demand help

A poster featuring a Kenyan national conscripted by the Russian army to fight in Ukraine is seen during a prayer and peaceful protest in Nairobi on Feb 19, organised by relatives demanding government action to repatriate their kin.

Top European spies sceptical US will clinch Ukraine peace deal this year

FILE PHOTO: People carry banners at a protest near the United Nations office, on the day of U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026. The banner on the right reads: \"Save Ukraine to preserve peace in Europe\". REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Feb 19, 2026

A rescue team departing to the site of the avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains on Feb 17.

U2 slam ICE agents in US, Russia’s Putin in new Days Of Ash EP

U2's new Days Of Ash EP is the Irish band's first collection of new songs in nearly a decade.

Putin meets Cuban foreign minister in Moscow, says US restrictions are ‘unacceptable’

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla during their meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, February 18, 2026. Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS

Four South Africans lured into fighting for Russia in Ukraine return home, SABC reports

Freed dissident Kalesnikava says Europe needs to engage with Belarusian leader Lukashenko

FILE PHOTO: Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava attends a meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (not pictured), in Berlin, Germany, January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo

Zelenskiy warns of new Russian strikes ahead of Geneva peace talks

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks on the day he is presented with the Ewald-von-Kleist-Award, during the Munich Security Conference MSC, at the Residenz of the former Bavarian Kings, in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo

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