Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi under heavy security for a summit of the BRICS group of major emerging economies, running Saturday to Sunday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, voted to send Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council for possible enforcement action, after the United States won a vote on its board.
This week Finland finished a 200-kilometre border fence, Latvia's ban on Russian and Belarusian books and goods took effect, and Germany and Russia expelled diplomats after a drone was found near a plane at a German airport.
In one week, Germany announced anti-drone units for nine cities after drone incidents including one over Leipzig, Poland asked EU countries to expel up to 40 percent of Russian diplomats, and the German city of Bonn closed a Russian consulate accused of being a spy center.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent three hours meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, then went to Kyiv for more talks aimed at ending the war.
A new report says European countries are quietly starting to build their own intelligence-gathering instead of depending on the United States, warning Washington could end up shut out of the very spy-sharing networks it built.
German police investigating a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport have found that one suspect lived in Russia for years, according to the newspaper Welt.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says US President Donald Trump's team will hold peace talks in both Kyiv and Moscow to try to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
In one week, Estonia's defence minister quit over a scandal in buying ammunition for Ukraine, Denmark's authorities said Russia is recruiting local people to sabotage its weapons industry, and Germany split politically over how to handle Russia after an attack at Leipzig airport.
In August 2026, Chinese and Russian navies ran joint military drills in the Pacific, showing how closely they cooperate without a formal defense pact obligating either to fight for the other.
Dmitry Medvedev, a top Russian security official, said Russia could strike German factories that make weapons for Ukraine, and warned other sites in Germany could be hit too.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says airlines should treat Russian airspace as completely unsafe, as Ukraine steps up long-range drone strikes inside Russia and Russia vows to hit back harder.