Iran war deepens ties between India and Russia despite U.S. pressure and sanctions risks
Two months after Indian negotiators worked in January to secure relie...
US and Ukrainian officials have begun talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to explore the possibility of a peace deal with Russia, with Ukraine proposing a partial ceasefire to regain US support.
US and Ukrainian delegations have commenced talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to explore the possibility of a peace agreement with Russia.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha are participating in the discussions, with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan also in attendance, according to Al Arabiya TV.
Ukraine is expected to present a proposal for a partial ceasefire with Russia to regain support from Washington, the channel reported.
The talks are seen as an effort to strengthen US-Ukraine relations, which have been strained in recent weeks, including a recent disagreement between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump.
On Sunday, Trump stated that the US anticipates Ukraine demonstrating a commitment to peace.
"We're going to make a lot of progress," he remarked.
On Monday, Zelenskyy reiterated on Telegram that Ukraine has been seeking peace since the war began, asserting that Russia is the sole reason the conflict persists.
Russia launched its military offensive against Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Moscow demands Ukraine renounce its aspirations to join Western military alliances as a precondition for peace, which Ukraine sees as an infringement on its sovereignty.
Israel said it had killed Alireza Tangsiri, the Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy, on Thursday, as confict in the Middle East continued.
Iran has rejected a U.S. proposal to end the war, insisting any ceasefire will occur only on its own terms and timeline, according to a senior political-security official speaking to state-run Press TV on Wednesday.
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Rally (RN), said on Wednesday that the U.S. had “clearly made a mistake” in launching strikes on Iran, arguing Washington misjudged the resilience of the Iranian regime.
NASA announced on Tuesday it has cancelled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20 billion base on the moon's surface, while also planning to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars.
Russia’s Baltic ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga, major export terminals, suspended loadings of crude oil and refined products on Wednesday after large-scale Ukrainian drone attacks triggered a blaze, sources told Reuters.
Two months after Indian negotiators worked in January to secure relief from punitive U.S. tariffs on the country’s exports and New Delhi moved to cut back its purchases of Russian crude oil, India and Russia are stepping up their energy ties once again, according to Reuters.
U.S. paper currency will bear President Donald Trump's signature starting this summer, the first time a sitting president has signed American money, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. The change comes as the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary.
Mexico's navy said it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after the vessels failed to arrive in Havana.
A powerful tropical cyclone in Western Australia has disrupted production at the country’s two biggest liquefied natural gas plants run by Chevron and Woodside, exacerbating a global supply crunch caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
France has rejected claims that South Africa was dropped from the guest list for this year’s G7 summit under pressure from United States, insisting the decision to invite Kenya was its own.
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