President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours—and even before he even took office. Trump was asked about the vow he repeatedly made on the campaign trail during an interview for the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on Ukrainian troops fighting in the Kursk region to surrender, after US President Donald Trump urged him to “spare” the lives of Ukrainian soldiers. Putin signals openness to Trump’s appeal for ‘vulnerable’ Ukrainian troops. President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting via video link with permanent members of the Security Council, The meeting…
Armenian and Azerbaijani officials said on Thursday that they had agreed on the text of a peace treaty to end nearly four decades of conflict between the South Caucasus countries, a sudden breakthrough in a fitful and often bitter peace process. The two post-Soviet countries have fought a series of wars since the late 1980s…
President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide said Thursday that the U.S.-proposed 30-day cease-fire in Ukraine would offer Russia “nothing” while providing Kyiv’s forces with a crucial battlefield break. Since mid-2024, Russian forces have been advancing and now control nearly a fifth of Ukraine, three years after launching a full-scale invasion that U.S. President Donald…
‘Nobody is expelling any Palestinians,’ Trump said in response to a reporter’s question in Oval Office The Palestinian group Hamas on Thursday welcomed a statement by US President Donald Trump showing an apparent retreat from his proposed displacement plan of Palestinians from the war-devastated Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, Trump said during a meeting in the…
Ukrainian president says Kyiv welcomes Washington’s proposal Kyiv was prepared for a ceasefire in air and at sea with Russia, but the US proposed extending it to land during Tuesday’s talks in Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Thursday. “Ukraine was ready for an air and sea ceasefire, but the US proposed extending…
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia agreed with US proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine but that any ceasefire would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict and that many details needed to be sorted out. Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022, triggering the biggest confrontation between…
Document outlines judicial reforms and governance structure after Assad’s ouster Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a draft constitutional declaration on Thursday, establishing a five-year transitional period for the country. An expert committee tasked with drafting the document presented it to Sharaa, outlining key provisions for the post-Assad era. The declaration also mandates the dissolution of…
Hamas says it approaches negotiations with mediators ‘positively and responsibly’ The Palestinian group Hamas announced on Thursday the resumption of negotiations with mediators in the Qatari capital, Doha, on a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel. In a statement, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said his group approaches the negotiations “positively and responsibly” to ensure the implementation…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed condolences to Pakistan where terrorists hijacked a passenger train earlier this week. In a telegram addressed to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Putin strongly condemned the attack, calling it “cruel and cynical.” “We commend the courage and high professionalism of the Pakistani military and…
China called on Thursday for a “diplomatic” resolution to the Iran nuclear issue as it prepared to host diplomats from Tehran and Moscow for talks in Beijing. “In the current situation, we believe that all parties should maintain calm and restraint to avoid escalating the Iran nuclear situation, or even walking towards confrontation and conflict,”…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in military Uniforms, ordered top commanders to defeat Ukrainian forces in the western region of Kursk as soon as possible after the United States asked him to consider a 30-day ceasefire proposal. Ukrainian forces smashed across the Russian border on August 6 and grabbed a slice of land inside Russia…
Egypt said on Thursday it appreciated US President Donald Trump’s remarks on not demanding that residents of Gaza leave the enclave, according to a statement from the foreign ministry. Trump said on Wednesday that “nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza,” in response to a question during a meeting in the White House with Irish Prime Minister…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday that he informed a number of European counterparts about the “milestone” talks with the United States where Kyiv said it was ready to support Washington’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire. After more than eight hours of meetings between Ukrainian and US officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the United…
A Georgian court sentenced on Wednesday the country’s former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, to nine more years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzlement, the Interpress news agency reported. Saakashvili, who was president from 2004 to 2013, was jailed for six years for abuse of power after he returned to Georgia in 2021. He has…
