Numerous pundits and opinion pieces suggested that Trump’s Venezuela raid would send a welcome signal to Russia and China: Spheres of influence are back, and the U.S. will dominate the Western Hemisphere while allowing China to invade Taiwan and Putin to freely go after the countries that were once part of the Warsaw Pact.

The Kremlin said U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to extend the New START treaty, which limits strategic nuclear weapons and is due to expire in February.

Russia has booted out a British diplomat after alleging he was acting as a spy, the country’s foreign ministry has said

EADaily, January 15th, 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin has done what the West feared most. The Chinese edition of Sohu writes about this.

President Donald Trump dismisses the idea of capturing Vladimir Putin, saying he's "disappointed" the Russia-Ukraine war remains without a resolution.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has made headlines by saying that if given the chance to kidnap a world leader, he would detain Russian President Vladimir Putin and hold him accountable for war crimes committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Britain will help lead a clampdown on the 'shadow fleet' used by Vladimir Putin to evade sanctions, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper announced, after the joint US-UK raid on Russian vessel Marinera

Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni say it’s time to engage directly with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine, but who should lead negotiations?

White House envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are seeking to travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not publicly addressed the US capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, reflecting Moscow’s prioritization of the Ukraine conflict. , World News, Times Now