US diplomacy

US President Donald Trump will walk away from trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, US Secretary…

Russia hopes to make “some progress” in peace talks with Ukraine at a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a senior Russian negotiator has said. US negotiators will meet separately…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked Donald Trump for “the constructiveness of our teams’ conversation” today in Jeddah. In a video online, Zelensky reiterates that the Ukrainian position is to…

Ukraine agreed to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the conflict with Russia during talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia, the countries said in a joint statement. US Secretary…

America’s top diplomat has said that he sees promise in Ukraine’s proposal for a partial ceasefire to end the three-year war with Russia, ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia between…

Israel and Hamas have indicated their willingness to move forward with the next stage of ceasefire negotiations as mediators work to extend the 42-day truce that began in January. A…

  Trump administration has been engaged in direct talks with Hamas over the release of American hostages held in Gaza and the possibility of a broader deal to end the…

  Europe won’t have a seat at the table for Ukraine peace talks, Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy said on Saturday, after Washington sent a questionnaire to European capitals to ask…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Friday to work with Iraq to ensure no resurgence of the Islamic State group after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow in neighboring Syria. On a…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Jordan’s King Abdullah in the Red Sea town of Aqaba on Thursday as he arrived in the region for talks on Syria following…