Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a “friend” while his government moved to bolster relations with China, another sign the South Asian nation is tilting away from the US in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Favoring "deals over deterrence" will damage U.S. alliances and embolden Beijing, says Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

US President Donald Trump on Friday (16 August) claimed Russia had lost India as an oil customer after Washington announced tariffs on New Delhi for its crude imports from Moscow, though he hinted he may not apply secondary tariffs on other nations still buying Russian oil, NDTV reported.

A high-stakes Alaska summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ended with no agreement to halt or resolve the ongoing war in Ukraine. Let's discuss six key takeaways from the key summit involving two global leaders.

Under the proposed Russian deal, Kyiv would fully withdraw from the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in return for a Russian pledge to freeze the front lines in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the sources said.

Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice evaluated President Trump's Friday meeting with Vladimir Putin during an appearance Friday evening on MSNBC. Rice said it was a diplomatic victory for Putin to get such a "warm welcome" from Trump on U.

According to the reports, Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin, interrupting his talks with the European leaders and Zelenskyy.

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