Henry Meyer

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Kateryna Chursina |Henry Meyer |Natalia Drozdiak

Less than two weeks after Donald Trump lambasted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an Oval Office confrontation, the U.S. president put the pressure on Russia to accept a ceasefire agreement hammered out with Zelenskyy’s advisers.

Nov 7, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Andra Timu |Zoltan Simon |Ellen Milligan |Henry Meyer

The leaders of Ukraine and Russia began jockeying for influence with President-elect Donald Trump in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. election, seeking through public statements Thursday to gain an advantage in his promised push for a resolution to their years-long conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday called for "a fair ending to the war” and warned that a swift end to hostilities could force his country into a defeat.

Oct 23, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Henry Meyer

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the newly expanded BRICS group of major emerging economies showed that a "multipolar world” is being created, in a challenge to the U.S.-dominated global order. BRICS "meets the aspirations of the main part of the international community, the so-called world majority,” Putin said Wednesday at the formal opening of the leaders’ summit in Russia’s Kazan.

Oct 7, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Anton Delgado |Kathleen Benoza |Henry Meyer |Dan Williams

The Israel Defense Forces said it intercepted most of a barrage of rockets Hamas and other Iran-backed groups fired toward Tel Aviv, as fighting escalated Monday on multiple fronts after a year of war. Sirens sounded across central Israel, and two people were injured, according to Israeli health officials. The military had earlier warned of what it called an "immediate” threat of rocket fire from Hamas to mark the militant group’s attack on the country 12 months ago.

Jul 9, 2024 | japantimes.co.jp | Henry Meyer

Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a diplomatic roll at home and abroad, defying efforts by the U.S. and its allies to cast him as an international pariah over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In just two months since he began his fifth presidential term in May, Putin has held more than 20 meetings with leaders from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.