FBI Director Kash Patel visited China last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement issues, following a summit of the U.S. and Chinese leaders where both hailed "consensus" on the matter.

The United States is currently winning the AI race, Trump said, but giving China advanced chips will provide it with ‘an equal advantage’ in the competition.

Senators will not be released to go home until the shutdown, now on its 39th day, is brought to an end.

Trump has been talking up the prospects of Saudi Arabia agreeing to normalise ties with Israel, but it is unlikely to happen when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House this month.

An overnight drone attack by Ukraine temporarily disrupted power and heating supplies in the southwestern Russia city of Voronezh.

Lavrov said on Saturday that work is under way on President Vladimir Putin's order to prepare proposals for a possible Russian nuclear test.

Russia has capacity for a limited attack against NATO territory at any time but a decision to act would depend on the Western allies' posture, a top German military official warned.

Trump will host the leaders of five Central Asian nations at the White House on Thursday as the U.S. seeks to gain influence in a region long dominated by Russia and increasingly courted by China.

The Czech centre-right government agreed to resign, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said to handing over power to a new cabinet being formed by populist billionaire Andrej Babis after his October election victory.

Putin ordered his top officials on Wednesday to draft proposals for a possible test of nuclear weapons, something Moscow has not done since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

There was a lost time and, most terribly, precious lives were lost because of it. About two years ago, I directly said that we were left alone. No one believed it.

In this way, we found ourselves in the geostrategic situation that I warned about and avoided, which was impossible.

The United States faces a defining moment in American foreign policy.

And the End of Rising Powers.

The clock is ticking for Russia’s leader – and that means Europe faces an imminent danger.

The Western nations threatened by Russia appear unable to agree on anything.

If you understand the man you will find the solution to this war.

This is when the world finds out whether the United States remains committed to Europe’s defense.

The point of action remains Ukraine, not anywhere else.