Russian and Ukrainian delegates are meeting in Istanbul on Monday for their second set of direct peace talks, a day after Kyiv launched a shock drone attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers.

On Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky listed Ukraine’s positions for the talks that included a complete and unconditional ceasefire, the release of prisoners and the return of abducted children. Russia, so far, has rejected calls for an unconditional ceasefire and repeatedly made demands that have already been rejected by Ukraine.

Ukraine's large-scale, coordinated drone strikes on Russia's high-value aircraft on Sunday packed a punch against part of Moscow's military that had been relatively unscathed by the war in Ukraine. But they have likely also benefited a NATO scrambling to prepare for a possible war with Russia,

Up to 7,500 troops, 120 vehicles and 50 aircraft will take to the streets and skies of Washington, D.C., on June 14 to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary. The event coincides with Trump's 79th birthday.

Ukraine and Russia met in Istanbul on Monday to exchange memorandums on a possible ceasefire to end Vladimir Putin’s three-year war, despite a gulf remaining between the two sides’ positions.

Britain will build new attack submarines, invest billions on nuclear warheads and move towards “war-fighting readiness,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday, as he braces for a landmark report into the state of the country’s military.

Plus, the start of the Supreme Court's traditional monthlong ruling season is overshadowed by the Trump administration's "shadow docket."

Global shares have fallen and oil prices jumped as trade tensions and the Russian-Ukraine conflict ratcheted up geopolitical uncertainty.