Perspective: Washington and Moscow are sleepwalking into a new arms race—while AI speeds the march to a nuclear miscalculation.

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States expires Thursday, removing caps on their atomic arsenals for the first time in over 50 years.

Analysts say the rare same-day calls on Wednesday (Feb 4) were a calculated move by Beijing to assert its centrality and maximise leverage as great-power politics hardens.

President Donald Trump last week announced he had negotiated a weeklong ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, highlighting his personal relationship with President Vladimir Putin. Trump said last Thursday that he had persuaded his Russian counterpart to halt attacks on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure during a brutal cold snap.

Following his much anticipated World Economic Forum speech, U.S. President Donald Trump, picked up his effort to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

China has urged the United States to resume strategic stability talks with Russia after President Donald Trump rejected extending the expired New START nuclear arms control treaty in favour of negotiating a new agreement.

Russia has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Moscow for peace talk as US President Donald Trump revealed that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has agreed to a week-long ceasefire. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that Zelenskyy is yet to respond to Moscow's invitation, reports Interfax.

Zelensky had thanked Trump for his efforts and welcomed the “possibility” of a pause in Russian military action on Kyiv.

Confusion reigned about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine after President Donald Trump said he asked him to stop.

Top U.S. nuclear official accuses China of conducting a secret nuclear test in 2020 and confirms plans to restart U.S. nuclear testing, citing a need to match covert detonations by Beijing and Moscow.