Bill Burns says US is not ‘discussing settlement of war’ in Ukraine as Zelenskiy visits KhersonThe CIA director, Bill Burns, has met his Russian counterpart in Ankara on Monday in a rare high-level meeting, but the US insists it is not engaged in secret peace talks...
President Biden and European leaders say they cannot push Ukraine and Russia into negotiations, though some U.S. lawmakers are questioning aid for an open-ended war....
Over 450 settlements in the Kharkiv region, 1 of 4 being annexed by Russia, have been liberated in the last month, Ukraine President Zelenskyy said. ...
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said as recently as Sunday that Biden has not been briefed on the situation nor has he discussed it with anyone in the White House....
President Biden’s comments Friday about a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict drew a mixed response. He cautioned Palestinians on starting new peace talks after announcing new steps toward Israeli integration within the Middle East....
President Biden said that Israel “must remain an independent, democratic Jewish state” and reiterated his calls for a two-state solution to the conflict during a news conference in Jerusalem....
US president’s visit to Saudi Arabia comes at a moment of great upheaval as Russia and China compete for influenceAcross the battlefields of the Middle East, the ground is shifting. New alliances mitigate old enmities. Revised calculations of national advantage,...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is proceeding as planned and peace talks have reached a “dead end,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Latest news. ...
Russia said it would “drastically” reduce military activity around Kyiv, while Ukraine said it would be willing to accept neutrality and discuss territorial claims to resolve the conflict....
Ukraine is a democracy able to make concessions for peace, while Russia is guided by an unyielding Vladimir PutinA political gaffe, Michael Kinsley wrote, “is when a politician tells the truth – some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say”. President Joe Biden, a...
Talks set to start in Turkey as Ukraine president seeks peace ‘without delay’ and Joe Biden again forced to deny seeking regime change in RussiaRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesWhat we know on day 33 of Russia’s invasionRussian and Ukrainian negotiators will resume...
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new round of negotiations ahead but that deal would have to be subject to referendum; Joe Biden rejects suggestion he was calling for regime change in Moscow. Follow live updatesRussia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 33 of the Russian...
With negotiations deadlocked, Moscow is continuing to build up its military forces for a possible invasionRussia has sent troops more than 4,000 miles to Ukraine’s borders and announced sweeping naval drills as Moscow expands its preparations for a potential attack on...
The attack came days after over 50 people were killed in a strike on a refugee camp, highlighting the growing role of armed drones in a destructive war....
Trump claimed his promise of peace between Israel and Palestine fell through because Benjamin Netanyahu was not interested in peace, escalating new tensions....
Joe Biden held an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican and gifted him a ‘command coin’ sometimes awarded to soldiers and leaders. ‘You are the most significant warrior for peace I’ve ever met,’ the US president told the...
Ben Wallace told MPs that a 2020 deal struck by the Trump administration with the Islamic extremists ‘couldn’t have been more helpful to the regime in achieving its victory’....
Joe Biden has underlined the importance of ensuring peace in Northern Ireland is not jeopardised by post-Brexit tensions. Asked about a UK-US trade deal, the US president told reporters in Washington on Tuesday: ‘There are two separate issues: on the deal with...
President reminds PM of the US’s major role in bringing about the Good Friday agreementPresident Joe Biden has warned the prime minister that peace in Northern Ireland must not be jeopardised by tensions over post-Brexit trade rules at a meeting in the White...
US would sit at table with rivals Russia and China to forge consensus at proposed conferenceMario Draghi, the Italian prime minister, believes he is close to winning the support of Joe Biden to stage a special G20 peace conference on Afghanistan next month that will...
In their first statement since taking control, the Taliban hinted at a rule unlike their brutal regime a generation ago, trying to placate skeptics....
Readers on 20 years of the ‘war on terror’, the withdrawal of western forces and the rapid return of the TalibanThe fall of Kabul this week dramatically underlines the extent to which the “war on terror” – launched by George Bush and Tony Blair 20 years ago – has...
The page, taken down around the same time Trump called on Biden to resign on Sunday night, was titled ‘President Trump Is Bringing Peace In The Middle East’....
Taliban leaders and Afghan government negotiators still occasionally meet. But U.S. officials say prospects for a negotiated outcome appear to be fading fast....
The US and British withdrawal has set off panic, but the truth is they were exacerbating the problem they were trying to solveFriends keep asking me to sign petitions urging President Biden to change his mind about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. They all agree...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the Trump administration didn’t do ‘anything constructive’ to bring peace to the Middle East....
Trump’s budget tried to zero out the $15 million of DOJ’s Community Relations Service, which works on the nation’s most intense flashpoints on race. ...
Joe Biden’s team should put things right because as part of the Obama administration they provided cover for the Saudi/UAE-led campaign“This war has to end.” These words by President Joe Biden about the terrible conflict in Yemen are welcome. But they are easier to...
African Americans led by Martin Luther King aimed for friendship and understanding but never changed their goals. This is the right model for Biden. ...
President Trump initially resisted taping his video message acknowledging his election loss but agreed to after the White House counsel warned him he could face legal charges,...
