American Stephen Hubbard has been released from Russian custody after Trump urged Putin to free the retired teacher imprisoned on Ukraine mercenary charges.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his willingness to freeze the war along current battlefield lines, a Trump proposal Russia rejected a year ago.

Stephen Hubbard has been imprisoned since 2022, when he was seized while living in Ukraine.

Journalists work in a court building during a hearing of the case of Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine against Russia in the course of a military conflict,

But authorities are bracing for another day of potentially large protests on Saturday as a movement that started with high school students several weeks ago morphs into a wider wave of anger over the cost of living and the Macron presidency.

Macron met intelligence chiefs on Thursday morning ahead of renewed protests, while the Prime Minister is due to meet political parties and mayors in the afternoon. Protest bans and curfews remain in

French President Emmanuel Macron accused political leaders in the middle of election campaigns of using France for their own political purposes.

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a security council with Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, October 22, 2026. Teresa Suarez/Pool via REUTERS PARIS,

Ukrainian authorities say that Russian attacks on Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones have killed one person and injured 22.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in St. Petersburg for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

October 21, 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine as soon a

President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume trilateral negotiations with Washington and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine, according to a Kremlin official

US special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, where he called him a “humanitarian.”

Stephen Hubbard, 74, was arrested by Russian forces in Ukraine in April 2022.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, where he will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at advancing proposals to end to the war in Ukraine and create a pathway to broader negotiations.

The Kremlin chief made the announcement at a meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg, without giving more details

Iran's state television reports that seven oil tankers have been damaged in the Strait of Hormuz. This happened overnight Thursday, possibly marking the largest single-day incident since the Iran

Iran's state television has reported that seven oil tankers caught fire and were damaged overnight after either being targeted or striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's state television has reported that seven oil tankers caught fire and were damaged after either being targeted or striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. It would be the largest

Iran's government says seven oil tankers have caught fire or been damaged in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. This comes amid rising tensions over the prospect of a return to

North Korea plans to resume anti-Seoul propaganda broadcasts along the heavily armed border with South Korea, leader Kim Jong Un's sister said, reviving a psychological warfare campaign.

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, arrives at the Vostochny Сosmodrome before a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in the far eastern Amur region,

State media in North Korea says the sister of leader Kim Jong Un has visited frontline areas where soldiers are reinforcing the heavily armed border with South Korea

North Korean Defence Minister Kang Sun Nam and Marshal Pak Jong Chon attend a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region,