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US and European diplomats went on a flurry of calls in the hours after US President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks later this week, trying to find a path that would bring an end to the war in Ukraine. Trump’s surprise offer to join
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The US military is replacing its B-2 bombers with another type of bomber at a base in the Indo-Pacific that was seen as being in an ideal location to operate in the Middle East, US officials told Reuters on Monday. The Pentagon deployed as many as six B-2 bombers in
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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani has warned that postponing the implementation of an agreement between Syria’s new administration and Kurdish-led forces in the northeast would “prolong the chaos” in the country. His remarks came as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, announced it was disbanding, an announcement the Kurdish-led
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Fresh talks between Iranian and US negotiators to resolve disputes over Tehran’s nuclear program ended in Oman on Sunday with further negotiations planned, officials said, as Tehran insisted in public on continuing uranium enrichment. Though Tehran and Washington both have said they prefer diplomacy to resolve the decades-long nuclear
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would agree to meet Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Turkiye on Thursday after US President Donald Trump told him immediately to accept Putin’s proposal of direct talks. The Ukrainian leader had responded guardedly earlier on Sunday after the Russian president, in a night-time
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel did not commit to any ceasefire or prisoners’ release with Hamas in a statement early on Monday. The agreement only stipulates a safe corridor that would allow Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander’s release he said. Negotiations for a possible deal to
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ran has agreed to hold a fourth round of nuclear talks with the United States on Sunday in Oman, Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said on Friday, adding that the negotiations were advancing. US President Donald Trump, who withdrew Washington from a 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers meant to
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South Korea’s embattled conservative party has taken the unprecedented step of nullifying its primary and replacing presidential candidate Kim Moon Soo with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo just one week after Kim’s selection, deepening internal turmoil ahead of the June 3 presidential by-election. Saturday’s move by the
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Pakistan’s foreign minister said Saturday his country would consider de-escalation if India stopped further attacks. This came after India said it was committed to non-escalation if Pakistan reciprocated. Both countries have traded strikes Saturday, the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a massacre last month that India blames
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A Moroccan court has commuted the prison sentence of opposition figure and former Minister Mohammed Ziane from five to three years, his lawyer said on Thursday. The former human rights minister had been detained since 2022 and served a three-year term in a different case. Ziane, 82, the former president
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US President Donald Trump called Thursday for a month-long unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, with any breaches punishable by sanctions. “Talks with Russia/Ukraine continue. The US calls for, ideally, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire,” Trump said on his Truth Social network shortly after speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a lavish World War II Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, an event the Kremlin hopes will rally patriotism at home and project strength abroad as its troops fight in Ukraine. More than 20 foreign dignitaries, including China’s Xi Jinping and Slovakia’
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Ahmad Al-Sharaa, leader of the Syrian Arab Republic, on his first visit to Europe since taking power, arrived at the Elysee palace in Paris on Wednesday where he was greeted by President Emmanuel Macron. Ahead of the high-profile talks at the Elysee Palace, Al-Sharaa met a whistleblower known as “Caesar”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for a three-day truce with Ukraine to coincide with Moscow’s World War II Victory Day commemorations has taken effect, Russian state media reported. Ukraine never agreed to the truce and has dismissed it as theatrics, calling instead for a 30-day ceasefire. The three-day
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President Ahmed Al-Sharaa said Wednesday that Syria was holding “indirect talks” with Israel to calm tensions between the two countries, following Israeli strikes and threats against Syria since Bashar Assad’s ouster. “There are indirect talks (with Israel) taking place through mediators to calm the situation and try to contain
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The massive explosion in Bandar Abbas, which regime outlets stated reached temperatures of “up to 1400 degrees Celsius” and The Washington Post estimated its power as equivalent to the detonation of 50 tons of TNT, not only claimed the lives of hundreds of Iranians but also further exposed the anti-people