Thailand shuts tourist border crossings after clash with Cambodia
Thailand has closed two tourist border crossings with Cambodia following a military skirmish that raised tensions between the two neighbors.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Ukraine peace talks cannot advance until he and President Vladimir Putin meet, after Putin’s absence from the scheduled Istanbul negotiations left the process in limbo.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Ukraine peace negotiations cannot advance without a direct meeting between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One before landing in Dubai, Trump said, “Nothing’s going to happen until Putin and I get together,” after Putin failed to attend the scheduled Istanbul talks.
Putin’s absence—his second-tier delegation arrived in Turkey without clear authority—has cast doubt on the stalled process, which Kyiv’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described as hampered by decorative negotiators. Trump, in the midst of his Middle East tour, suggested he would travel to Türkiye “if appropriate” but underscored that true progress hinges on a summit with Putin.
A bridge collapse in the Vygonichsky district of Russia’s Bryansk region, near the Ukrainian border, caused a train derailment and a traffic accident early Sunday, killing at least seven people and leaving 30 injured, according to emergency services.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has confirmed it carried out a third targeted attack against the Crimean Bridge, also known as the Kerch Bridge, early Tuesday morning, marking a new escalation in the ongoing conflict with Russia.
A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture early Monday, causing no reported injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning was issued, officials confirmed.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak this week to discuss recent trade tensions, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine ended abruptly in Istanbul on Monday, lasting just over an hour amid mounting tensions following a major Ukrainian drone strike on Russian strategic bombers and renewed pressure from the U.S. for a breakthrough.
Thailand has closed two tourist border crossings with Cambodia following a military skirmish that raised tensions between the two neighbors.
A man drove a car into a group of people in the southern German city of Passau on Saturday. Police say the motive may be personal and have not ruled out that the act was deliberate.
Russia carried out a large-scale air attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight and into Saturday evening, killing at least four people and injuring more than 60 others, including a baby, according to local officials.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will visit the UK from June 8–13 for the first round of China-U.S. economic and trade consultations. Talks will include U.S. Treasury and Commerce Secretaries and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that there could be “serious consequences” if Elon Musk provides financial support to Democratic candidates challenging Republicans who back Trump’s tax-cut bill, signalling a sharp turn in their previously cordial relationship.
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