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US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv for a second day of discussions aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the two men in Sophia Square, near the historic Saint Sophia Cathedral. He greeted Witkoff with a hug, saying: “It’s good to

Leon Panetta, the former US defense secretary, has cautioned that Donald Trump's war with Iran is likely to persist for another six months, as the US president struggles to find an exit from the controversial conflict. Panetta stated in an interview that the war with Iran – launched by

German voters cast their ballots on Sunday in a significant regional election in which the far-right, anti-immigration and Moscow-aligned Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) was projected to win. AfD, polling above 40% for months in Saxony-Anhalt, was aiming to secure its first-ever state government, though the

Drone-Dropped Explosives and Subsequent Raid on Military Base in Northeastern Colombia Leave Three Soldiers Dead, Four Wounded Colombia's army reported on Saturday that an attack involving explosives delivered by drones, followed by a ground assault on a military compound in the northeastern region of the country, killed

The United Nations has approved a resolution calling for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size. During a session at its headquarters in New York, the UN general assembly officially retired the 16th-

Russia and Ukraine are caught in an escalating war of long-range strikes that poses a growing risk to civilians, in which neither side can fully prevail, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s defence technology adviser. Serhii Beskrestnov, widely known by his call sign Flash, expressed concern about the prospects for