Russia will seek “ironclad” guarantees in any peace deal on Ukraine that NATO nations will exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral, a Russian deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday. Russia said on Monday that it will demand “ironclad” security guarantees during talks on a settlement in Ukraine, as talks continue regarding a possible 30-day Moscow-Kyiv ceasefire proposed…
US President Donald Trump mocked former President Joe Biden on Sunday, drawing attention to the ongoing controversy over Biden’s alleged use of an autopen, a mechanical device that replicates signatures, during his presidency. Trump shared a post on Truth Social featuring three images: his official portrait from his first term, a photo of Biden’s autopen, and his official portrait for his…
A White House official on Sunday said a wave of US airstrikes on Yemen killed senior leaders from the Houthi militia and sent a message to their Iranian backers. Attacks on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa as well as Saada, al-Bayda and Radaa killed at least 31 people and wounded 101, “most of whom were children and women,”…
The US has presented a “bridge” proposal extending the Gaza ceasefire past Ramadan and Passover while warning Hamas that there would be a heavy price to pay if they did not release hostages before a looming deadline. “President Trump has made it clear that Hamas will either release hostages immediately, or pay a severe price,” Trump’s Middle…
Saudi Arabia has welcomed the agreement to integrate all civilian and military institutions in northeastern Syria into Syrian state structures, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The deal, signed by interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi, includes a complete…
US and Ukrainian officials were to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks aimed at mending ties and gauging if Ukraine is willing to make concessions under President Donald Trump’s push to end Russia’s war with Ukraine swiftly. Washington, Ukraine’s main ally before Trump’s inauguration in January, has upended its policy on the conflict to…
The US expects substantial progress in talks with Ukraine this week and hopes that a deal on critical minerals can be signed, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Monday. US negotiators are set to meet with Ukrainians this week in Saudi Arabia. “I think that we’re going over there with an expectation that…
US President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation. The move, expected as soon as April, would be a stunning reversal of…
Senior officials from the Trump administration are set to meet with Ukrainian counterparts in Saudi Arabia next week, according to sources familiar with the matter. The US delegation will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, Steve Witkoff. Fox News reported…
France and Britain have not agreed on a partial truce plan for Ukraine, a UK minister said on Monday, after French President Emmanuel Macron said it had been proposed by the two nations. Macron told France’s Le Figaro newspaper on Sunday that London and Paris are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at…
US president says his Russian counterpart’s questioning of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibility could delay ceasefire Donald Trump has said he is “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin over his approach to a ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened to levy tariffs on Moscow’s oil exports if the Russian leader does not agree to a truce within a month. The US…
President Donald Trump on Saturday designated English as the official language of the United States, saying it would bring cohesion to a country characterized by immigration from around the world. The White House published an executive order by Trump which says it is “long past time” that English is declared as the nation’s official language….
Russia and the United States are interested in finding joint economic projects, a newly appointed Russian presidential envoy was quoted by state news agency TASS as saying on Wednesday. Kirill Dmitriev was named by President Vladimir Putin on Sunday as his special envoy on international economic and investment cooperation. He is seen as a key…
During his regular media briefing this morning, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov appeared to dispute Donald Trump’s claim that Russia would accept European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine. Addressing reporters, Peskov said the Kremlin had nothing to add to the foreign ministry’s position on the unacceptability of Nato peacekeepers in Ukraine. On Monday, in a joint appearance with…
