US envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday that talks between Ukraine and Russia had “brought about meaningful progress” in the Washington-led drive to end the war in Ukraine, as both sides were set to begin a second day of negotiations in Geneva.
The United States said Tuesday it would hold talks with Mauritius on retaining its military presence on an Indian Ocean archipelago being returned by Britain in a deal earlier denounced by President Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday launched a multi-billion dollar plan to strengthen the Canadian military and rely less on the US.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced Japan’s planned investments in US energy and critical minerals projects, the first tranche under a bilateral trade pact, ahead of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Washington visit.
Iran has not agreed to all the “red lines” set out by US President Donald Trump for a diplomatic solution, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday after talks in Geneva.
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators on Tuesday began US-brokered talks in Geneva seeking to end the four-year war, hours after both sides launched fresh long-range strikes, officials said.
Talks between Iran and the United States in Geneva on Tuesday have finished, Iranian media reported.
Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has urged former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to return to national politics, expressing concerns about the Sunni leadership vacuum in the country’s parliament. According to an informed source, Speaker Berri visited Hariri on Saturday. During the meeting, Berri pledged his full support to Hariri and his Future Movement party.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that US President Donald Trump would not succeed in destroying the Islamic republic, as talks between the two countries began in Geneva.
US President Donald Trump said Monday he hopes Ukraine reaches a deal with Russia “fast” ahead of Tuesday’s Washington-brokered talks in Geneva between Moscow and Kyiv.
