Vladimir Putin has “played Donald Trump like a violin” over Ukraine, according to a former British intelligence boss. Sir Alex Younger, who was the head of MI6 between 2014 and 2020, said the Russian president is going to make his US counterpart “look like a Muppet” by continuing to bomb its neighbour.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

It is speculated that Kim Jong Un has lost at least 6,000 soldiers, with the decision to assist Putin reportedly not being well-received domestically - leading to officials offering families of the deceased the 'rare privilege' of moving to the capital and working on a memorial to appease them, reports the Express.