North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to support reconstruction work in Russia’s Kursk region, a top Russian official said, the latest sign of expanding cooperation between the two nations.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to send 6,000 military engineers and construction troops to Russia’s Kursk region, according to Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, who is currently in Pyongyang.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump was right to assert that it had been a big mistake to expel Russia from the Group of Eight in 2014, but that the G7 was no longer significant for Russia and looked "rather useless" now.

There were some awkward moments during their Oval Office meeting in May, when Carney pushed back on Trump’s remarks about making Canada the 51st US state. But in Canada, the PM was praised for how he handled that high-stakes meeting.

President Donald Trump on June 16, 2025, slammed the previous removal of Russia from the G8 summits, arguing war would not have broken out if Russia remained a part of the informal forum.

No 10 says G7 allies back the measures - but Donald Trump indicates the US will not impose more sanctions now.

Britain on Tuesday announced further sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, in what Prime Minister Keir Starmer will describe as part of a coordinated move by the Group of Seven (G7) countries.

The UK government plans to announce a new package of sanctions against Russia soon, as allies try to bring Russia to the negotiating table, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says. The Prime Minister will "launch continued action to hit Putin where it hurts and make it clear that we will continue to ratchet up pressure until Russia is ready to

Families in Ukrainian cities are taking refuge from massive swarms of Russian drones, as Moscow steps up its airborne assault with attacks designed to undermine Ukrainian morale.

Russia’s mass production of attack drones is raining fear across Ukrainian cities.Moscow sent as many long-range attack drones against its neighbor in the first two weeks of June as it did during whole months last year,

A nighttime Russian missile and drone barrage on Ukraine killed at least 15 people and injured 116 others while they slept in their homes, local officials said Tuesday, with the main barrage centering on the capital Kyiv.