Russia’s representative to the United Nations stated that Ukraine will fall just like the Afghanistan government did. Vassily Nebenzia, speaking at the UN Security Council, said, “The Kyiv regime will collapse disgracefully, just as the pro-American regime in Afghanistan fell in 2021.”

President Trump criticized Putin's handling of the Ukraine war and expressed his intention to end the conflict swiftly, though experts remain skeptical.

The Russian foreign minister has suggested India’s inclusion in the quadrilateral group on Afghanistan, an Indian news channel reported on Wednesday. Comprised of Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran, the group last met on September 27,

Russian forces have retaken 63.2% of the territory captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday.

In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The deal was struck for Khan Mohammad, a member of the Taliban serving two life sentences in a U.S. prison on 'narco-terrorism charges.'

This format will temporarily serve as an alternative to the intergovernmental commission, Russia's envoy Zamir Kabulov said

Russia launched scores of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities in western regions in a new barrage against the struggling power system in the depths of winter.