‘I don’t want them to play the rare earth game with us,’ Trump told reporters.

Trump said he expects to reach a fair trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping and downplayed risks of a clash over the issue of Taiwan, even as his top trade negotiator accused Beijing of engaging in "economic coercion."

Trump's backing of Australia's critical minerals will bring much-needed financial support to the industry, but experts say the U.S. president will have to wait longer to shift the supply chain away from China and weaken its market dominance.

Trump’s hopes for a quick meeting with Putin may be stalled after sources familiar with the matter told CNN that an expected pre-meeting between the world leaders’ key foreign affairs aides this week had been tabled, at least for now.

U.S. envoys met Netanyahu on Monday aiming to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track after an explosion of violence over the weekend that threatened to derail the week-old truce.

Trump reiterated on Sunday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him India will stop buying Russian oil, while warning that New Delhi would continue paying "massive" tariffs if it did not do so.

Rafah targeted after Israel Defense Forces claim to have been attacked beyond ceasefire deal’s yellow line.

Ukrainian drones attacked a gas plant in Russia's Orenburg region, the local governor said on Sunday, causing a fire to break out at a workshop which emergency services were working to put out.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday he expects to meet next week with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Malaysia to try to forestall an escalation of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods that Trump said was unsustainable.

Zelenskiy will askTrump for Tomahawk missiles on Friday but the surprise announcement that the U.S. President will meet with Putin in Budapest appeared to dim the Ukrainian president's chance of securing the long-range weapons.

The 47th President of the United States of America remains in the darkness of his illusions. Xi has long refused such illusions.

As I suggested, we had to wait only a few days to be absolutely aware that the Chinese communists have started. Everyone is not kidding this time.

The clock is ticking for Russia’s leader – and that means Europe faces an imminent danger.

The Western nations threatened by Russia appear unable to agree on anything.

If you understand the man you will find the solution to this war.

This is when the world finds out whether the United States remains committed to Europe’s defense.

The point of action remains Ukraine, not anywhere else.

If the U.S. president holds all the cards, why hasn’t he won any concessions from Russia? By Robert Kagan

The US-India bromance is well and truly over thanks to the president’s double dose of tariffs.

There is no indication that Putin has any interest in ending a war that he believes he is winning. He will only negotiate seriously when he believes that Russia cannot prevail.