Iran strengthens ties with Russia as the U.S. engages Putin and Tehran, putting Moscow at the center of global diplomacy.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday that it was "not nice" that Russian President Vladimir Putin might travel to EU member Hungary for talks on the war in Ukraine.

Hungary's strongman leader Viktor Orbán calls Trump's announcement of a meeting with Putin in his country great news for "peace-loving people."

Ukraine's leader will meet Trump in Washington a day after the US president agreed to face-to-face talks with his Russian counterpart.

Israel-Hamas ceasefire is tested, and Zelenskyy wants in on the Trump-Putin summit: Weekend Rundown Israel launched airstrikes on southern Gaza early Sunday in the first major test of its ceasefire with Hamas, as the two sides traded accusations of significant breaches of the deal brokered by President Donald Trump.

Questions loom about whether the Russian president might be subject to arrest while traversing the airspace of International Criminal Court members.

President Donald Trump said "tremendous bad blood" between Zelenskyy and Putin is delaying a peace deal from happening with the war in Ukraine.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has celebrated his country's role as the host for upcoming talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin said on Monday that Budapest was chosen as the venue for an upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump because Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has good ties with both leaders.

President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy outlined a plan for U.S.-Russia tunnel connecting Alaska and Siberia through Bering Strait within eight years at $8 billion cost.