US President Donald Trump has issued Russian President Vladimir Putin with an ultimatum as the West threatens to boycott the World Cup in Qatar, prompting a furious response from the Kremlin

President Trump has shortened his deadline for Putin to end the war in Ukraine, now demanding action within 10-12 days and threatening severe tariffs. Medvedev responded sharply, calling Trump's ultimatum a dangerous escalation towards war,

Two women, one pregnant, are in a serious condition, with a total of four killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

However, just as it is impossible to prove that Putin was bluffing, there is no evidence to show that his threats were serious. The Russians have also not admitted that there was Chinese intervention to calm the waters. Read Next: UK needs Trump medicines ...

Ms. McKay is a war and humanitarian-focused international correspondent and author of 'Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield,' 'Afghanistan: The End of the US Footprint and Rise of the Taliban Rule,' and 'The Dictator's Wife.'

President Donald Trump answered questions on topics from Russia and Gaza to Jeffrey Epstein for more than an hour alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his Scotland trip. The wide-ranging informal press conference,

President Donald Trump is in Scotland, where he is meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to refine a trade deal the two leaders signed last month

Document trove promises to disclose full extent of the skulduggery of Secretary Clinton and President Obama, along with intelligence and