More than a dozen countries stand in the crosshairs of Trump's threat to impose 100% tariffs over their economic ties to Russia.

Trump a day earlier gave Russia 50 days to strike a peace deal with Ukraine, voicing fresh frustration with Moscow as he laid out an arrangement with NATO to supply Kyiv with new military aid sponsored by the alliance’s members.

President Donald Trump on July 14 announced the U.S. would impose "severe tariffs" on Russia unless Moscow agrees to a deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days, but experts who spoke to the Kyiv Independent say the plan is deeply flawed.

Trump's threat against Russia runs parallel to a Senate-led effort to pass crippling sanctions on countries that buy Russian energy.

Recent arrests of each other's citizens by Russia and Azerbaijan could trigger a conflict that sucks in Armenia, Turkey, Iran, Israel and Central Asia

President Trump counselled Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to take the war to Russia and asked whether Kyiv was able to hit Moscow and St Petersburg, according to a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the exchange.

As Asean approaches a more uncertain and multipolar world order, the time has come for the bloc to reconsider and recalibrate its list of strategic partners. Among

Mr Putin’s war against Ukraine inadvertently led to an end to the hitherto intractable conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which is now struggling to break free of Russia’s grip and make peace with Turkey.

Lucy and Vitaly answer all that, and consider the delicate diplomatic balance Turkey is attempting to strike during this conflict, alongside the BBC’s Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse. Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko.

According to data from Russia’s Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, the first half of 2025 saw liquor production go down by 16 per cent. Which is strange as people in Russia are drinking more this year compared to 2024.

In today's episode of Faultlines, we expose how Pakistan AND Turkey are converging...not just in trade, not just in military drill as they claim...but also in a hostile alliance aimed squarely at India.

The plan is designed to allow the U.S. to funnel more firepower to Ukraine to combat invading Russian forces during their summer military offensive while easing Washington’s financial burden. Increased weapons shipments,