The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

From China to Iran, several countries have already been engaging with the Taliban. Experts say they could be next.

ANALYSIS: The Europeans are stepping up pleas to Trump over Ukraine while he’s ‘mocked’ by Putin. World affairs editor Sam Kiley explains how the US is no longer seen as a European ally

Experts monitoring the Taliban’s new diplomacy push in Asia say China could follow suit, paving the way for wider recognition of the militant group and ending its pariah status on the world stage. Arpan Rai reports

Russia denies using the weapons, as does Ukraine; International body says previous accusations not “substantiated.”

Moscow is accused of using deadly choking agent chloropicrin to flush Kyiv’s troops out of trenches

Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv hours after presidents’ phone call; US company Techmet to bid in first pilot project of US-Ukraine minerals fund

The Taliban assumed control of Afghanistan in August 2021

Asked about his expectations from the call, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said "I'm not sure that they have a lot of common ideas, common topics to talk (about), because they are very different people."

Russian leader Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump by telephone on Thursday that Moscow will not "give up" on its aims in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

Major General Mikhail Gudkov is one of the most senior Russian military officers to have been killed by Ukraine since Moscow launched its full-scale war in 2022

IN FOCUS: More than two years after Bryan Kohberger slaughtered four college students at their home in Moscow, Idaho, he stood in front of the victims’ families and for the first time, admitted to the heinous murders. Andrea Cavallier reports on the feeling inside the Idaho courtroom.