Russian officials on Sunday castigated the US for its missile strike against Iran's nuclear plants, issuing veiled threats that Iran's nuclear ambitions would not be thwarted and welcoming Tehran's foreign minister for talks in Moscow.
A statement (...)
Iran's parliament has approved a preliminary measure to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, though a final decision rests with the country's top national security authority, Iranian media reported Sunday, amid rising tensions following U.S. (...)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi strongly condemned Sunday's U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, calling them a "grave violation of international law" and warning that Tehran may consider withdrawing from the Nuclear (...)
ISTANBUL — Saudi Arabia on Saturday renewed its condemnation of Israel's "blatant aggression" against Iran, calling the attacks a violation of Iranian sovereignty and a breach of international laws and norms that threaten regional security and (...)
Ukraine and Russia have completed an exchange of dead bodies — the final stage of a deal to bring home fallen soldiers.
Kyiv said Moscow handed over 1,245 bodies on Monday, bringing the total to 6,057 in the past few days. It said it was now (...)
Vladimir Putin has said he will have to respond to Ukraine's major drone attack on Russian airbases, US President Donald Trump has warned.
Speaking after a phone call with the Russian president, Trump said: "President Putin did say, and very (...)
A second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only a deal to swap more prisoners of war.
Ukrainian negotiators said Russia had again rejected an "unconditional ceasefire" — a key demand (...)
Ukraine has carried out large-scale drone strikes against several air bases deep inside Russia, destroying multiple combat planes, according to the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).
The operation, dubbed "Spiderweb," comes on the eve of expected (...)
Russian forces launched a massive wave of drone and missile attacks across Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least two people, including a 9-year-old girl, and injuring several others, as questions mount over the future of Russian-proposed peace (...)
ISTANBUL — The second Global Islamic Economy Summit kicked off in Istanbul on Friday in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Organized by the Al Baraka Forum for Islamic Economy, the summit runs until Sunday and gathers a (...)
US President Donald Trump has appeared to set a two-week deadline for Vladimir Putin, threatening a different response if the Russian counterpart was still stringing him along.
As the Kremlin escalated its attacks on Ukraine, Trump was asked in the (...)
Russia is proposing to hold a second round of talks aimed at finding a way to bring their invasion of Ukraine to an end. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that the Kremlin is prepared to engage in further negotiations with Kyiv in (...)
The Kremlin claimed Donald Trump was showing signs of "emotional overload" after he called Vladimir Putin "absolutely crazy" following Moscow's largest aerial assault on Ukraine.
The US president said on Truth Social on Sunday that "something has (...)
Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners Sunday in what officials described as the final phase of a major three-day swap — a rare act of cooperation between the two sides amid relentless fighting and failed attempts to negotiate a (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Istanbul on Saturday.
The leaders held their talks at the Dolmabahce Presidential Office, where Erdogan formally welcomed al-Sharaa with an official ceremony before (...)
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued arrest warrants for 63 active-duty military personnel accused of links to the Gülen movement, which Ankara blames for the July 2016 failed coup attempt
According to a statement released, (...)
Russia and Ukraine have each handed over 390 soldiers and civilians in the biggest prisoner exchange since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022.
They both returned 270 servicemen and 120 civilians on the Ukrainian border with (...)
A Russian missile strike on a training exercise in Ukraine's Sumy border region has killed six servicemen and wounded more than 10 others, says Ukraine's National Guard.
Russia's defense ministry had earlier released a video purporting to show an (...)
Russia battered Ukraine overnight with its largest drone attack since the war began, Ukraine's military said Sunday, ahead of an expected phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending hostilities.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced that Russia and Ukraine would begin immediate ceasefire negotiations after what he described as an "excellent" two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The high-level call, confirmed (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday condemned a Russian drone strike that killed nine civilians and injured seven others, calling for stronger international sanctions and renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war.
"All the deceased (...)
A major prisoner swap involving 1,000 captives from each side may take place next week, Ukrainian officials confirmed Saturday following peace talks with Russia in Istanbul.
"I hope it will happen next week," said Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo (...)
Israeli forces besieged the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia on Sunday as part of a broad offensive in northern Gaza, with the Hamas-run health ministry reporting that heavy fire blocked access to patients, staff, and critical medical supplies.
The (...)
At least nine civilians were killed and seven others injured after a Russian drone strike targeted a minibus in the northeastern Ukrainian town of Bilopillia on Saturday, according to local officials.
The attack comes just hours after Russia and (...)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was in the wrong for not attending Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, and pledged to slap fresh sanctions on Moscow.
The talks are beginning on Friday and mark the first time the (...)
