The U.S. has told the other G7 member states it would not support a joint statement condemning Russia's deadly attack on Ukraine's Sumy last week so as not to disrupt peace efforts, Bloomberg has reported, citing undisclosed sources.
President Volodymyr Zelensky sharply reacted to a statement from US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who said a Ukraine peace deal will include settling the issue of Crimea, the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
Turkish authorities have detained Ahmadreza Beyzaie, an Iranian university professor and writer, in an unexplained arrest that has drawn sharp criticism from Iranian officials.
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced legislation to boost Ukraine in its war with Russia, another attempt to pressure the administration of President Donald Trump to back the Kyiv government, sources familiar with the effort have stated.
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that Russian President Vladimir Putin started the war against Ukraine, but he also continued to cast blame on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and former US President Joe Biden.
European Union foreign ministers have adopted sanctions against seven Iranian individuals and two organisations over the arrests of EU citizens, which the bloc calls a policy of state-sponsored hostage-taking, diplomats have stated.
Paris, London and Berlin will be vigilant regarding nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran to ensure they conform with European interests, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has stated.
"The security of the world is at stake" if Moscow advances further, and U.S. President Donald Trump should visit Ukraine to witness Russia's war, President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned in an interview with CBS News.
The European Union will increase its financial support for the Palestinian Authority with a three-year package worth around 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion), the European Commissioner responsible for the Middle East has stated in an interview with Reuters.
British Minister for West Asia Hamish Falconer has stated that the United Kingdom, along with France and Germany, supports the settlement of Iran’s nuclear issue through diplomacy.
US President Donald Trump stated that he was told Russia “made a mistake” by attacking Ukraine in a strike that killed at least 34 people in Sumy on Palm Sunday.
Russian and Ukrainian representatives will hold direct negotiations in Ankara next week, CNN Turk has reported, citing sources in the Turkish Defense Ministry.
Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian city of Sumy in the deadliest raid this year, killing more than 30 people, including two children, as residents gathered for Sunday church services, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Russian Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organizations Mikhail Ulyanov has described the results of Saturday’s US-Iran talks in Oman as "reassuring."
The United States has demanded control of a crucial pipeline in Ukraine used to send Russian gas to Europe, according to reports, in a move described as a colonial shakedown.
President Donald Trump has prolonged US sanctions on Russia for 12 months, based on the supposition that Moscow still poses a serious threat to the country’s national security.
Only six Western states have pledged to send military forces to Ukraine after the hostilities between Kiev and Moscow end, AFP has reported, adding most of Ukraine’s supporters are reluctant to make any promises.
Britain’s military leadership has played a far more extensive and covert role in the Ukraine war than previously known, not only designing battle plans and supplying intelligence, but also authorizing secret troop deployments inside the country to provide weapons training and technical support, according to a report by The Times.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that U.S. President Donald Trump has been "continually frustrated" with both Ukraine and Russia as peace negotiations continue to drag on.
The discussions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the White House special envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday involved “aspects of the settlement of the Ukraine conflict", the Kremlin announced.
Peace is out of reach for Ukraine due to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing offensive, European defense ministers stressed Friday, even as the United States pushed ahead with talks with Moscow.
The endeavours of the British- and French-led "coalition of the willing" to provide security guarantees to Ukraine faces delay due to missing commitments from the U.S., Bloomberg reported, citing undisclosed sources.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian has once again denied Beijing's involvement in Russia's all-out war against Ukraine, urging Kyiv to refrain "from irresponsible remarks."
