The U.S. urges Russia to accept a ceasefire and supports direct talks set for next week in Istanbul.
The United States has told the United Nations Security Council that its ceasefire plan is Russia’s best possible outcome and urged President Vladimir Putin to accept it. Washington warned that if Moscow continues the war, it may withdraw from negotiations and consider additional sanctions.
The proposal calls for an immediate, unconditional 30-day ceasefire.
Looking ahead, the White House says President Donald Trump hopes for a direct meeting between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Istanbul on Monday. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday, “It is our hope that Russia and Ukraine will engage in direct talks next week in Istanbul... a meeting the president encouraged and urged for these two sides to come together and negotiate directly.”
She added that the president has made it clear he wants the conflict resolved at the negotiating table, not on the battlefield.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to make the Strait of Hormuz part of U.S. territory have been mocked by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, who said the sea passage "cannot be seized by tweet."
Russia and Ukraine traded large-scale overnight attacks targeting energy, industrial and military facilities on Saturday, with a three-month-old baby killed and 11 people injured in a Russian drone strike on a residential building in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.
For fishermen along Pakistan’s southwestern coast, the consequences of the U.S.-Iran conflict are being felt far from the battlefield.
The European Union is preparing what foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has described as its most far-reaching sanctions package against Russia since the war in Ukraine began.
UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany visited Ukraine for the first time since taking office, meeting Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv on 15 August to discuss protecting the country’s cultural heritage amid continued Russian attacks.
Residents of villages in eastern Indonesia hit by a deadly earthquake that killed at least 54 people were awaiting aid on Monday as rescuers prepared to comb through collapsed buildings in search of people trapped beneath the rubble.
South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Monday it was reviewing U.S. President Donald Trump's comments on scaling back joint military drills. It added that it hoped a favourable relationship between Washington and Pyongyang could lead to meaningful talks.
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