BRUSSELS — Hold your ground. That’s France’s advice for the EU as Brussels mulls ways to placate Donald Trump. The U.S. president has threatened tariffs against the bloc unless it buys more American fossil fuels. And EU officials are keen to engage, even readying a package of potential goodies for Trump.

Russia on Friday claimed it had captured another village in its relentless offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and as it closes in on the critical Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk after almost three years of war.

The United States and Russia have pledged their readiness to resume nuclear disarmament talks after years of confrontation, but analysts are sceptical that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin can or

Two oil tankers hauling crude from Russia made U-turns as they sailed past France and are now at a standstill near the northern port of Cherbourg.

A Russian oil tanker known as Unity has lost power and gone adrift in the NATO Lake while on its journey to Mangalore, India.

France, Germany and 10 other European Union countries want the European Commission to use its powers under the Digital Services Act to protect the integrity of European elections from foreign interference,

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that Russia's war against Ukraine would not end "tomorrow or the day after", despite Donald Trump's pledges to quickly wind up the conflict.

France on Friday denounced an "act of intimidation" targeting lawyers in Russia after three members of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny's legal team were sentenced to several years in prison.

President Donald Trump has demanded that Russia end its invasion of Ukraine or face punitive economic measures

France, Germany, and 10 other European Union (EU) countries want the European Commission (EC) to use its powers under the Digital Services Act to protect the integrity of European elections from foreign interference,

Ukraine believes North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russia's army on the Kursk front line have been "withdrawn" after suffering heavy losses, a military spokesman told AFP on Friday.

With U.S. military aid to Ukraine in doubt, Zelensky hopes to convince Trump to get the Europeans on side for confiscating Russia’s frozen assets.