“Trump Slams Putin as ‘Absolutely Crazy,’ Escalating US-Russia Tensions Amid Ukraine Crisis” – 5/26/2025, 12:22:36 PM

Here are the latest world news headlines as of May 26, 2025:

• Russia launches largest air attack on Ukraine of the war according to reports, escalating the ongoing conflict[1].

• Trump calls Putin “absolutely crazy” in recent statements, adding tension to international relations between the US and Russia[2].

• Bangladesh government bans Awami League party of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted during mass protests last year before fleeing to India[4].

• Kosmos 482, a failed Venus probe launched by the Soviet Union in 1972, has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, splashing down in the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia, as confirmed by Roscosmos[4].

• Fifteen Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip, with most victims being women and children, as the conflict continues[4].

• Hamas agrees to release Edan Alexander, a dual American-Israeli citizen hostage, tomorrow as part of ongoing hostage negotiations[4].

• Putin proposes direct negotiations to be held in Istanbul on May 15 following threats of further sanctions from the UK, France, Germany, and Poland if Russia doesn’t agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire starting May 12[4].

• Zelenskyy demands Russia confirm unconditional ceasefire before any direct negotiations between the two nations can take place[4].

• Two police officers killed in roadside bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with three others injured in what appears to be part of the ongoing insurgency in the region[4].

• Body of IDF soldier Zvi Feldman repatriated to Israel from “deep inside Syria” in a joint Mossad-IDF operation. Feldman had been missing since the 1982 Lebanon War[4].