8+ hour, 50+ min ago   (735+ words) BERLIN (AFP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be willing to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Miami for talks on ending the war, in a media interview released Saturday, but the Kremlin immediately ruled it…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (480+ words) Advocate Bassam Ahmed Siddiqi IN a country, where GDP growth has remained largely constrained between 3% and 4% for nearly a decade, the standing of trade...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (144+ words) OSLO (AFP): A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from Moldova to Oslo for the funeral of Norway’s King Harald was almost hit by a drone, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Wednesday. “His flight was almost hit by…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (552+ words) United States President Donald Trump has spoken by phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as the White House ramps up efforts to reach a peace deal in Ukraine. On Tuesday, Yury Ushakov, Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, described the two…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (126+ words) KYIV (AFP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he hoped to meet Donald Trump later in September to discuss a package of air defence support for Kyiv, where Russia has intensified its missile and drone strikes over the summer. The…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (132+ words) KYIV, Ukraine (AFP): Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the expiration of a three-day halt in attacks for a visit to the Ukrainian capital by US envoys, Ukraine’s emergency service said late Monday. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the three-day…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (456+ words) ABU DHABI (AFP): A top official within the US-backed Board of Peace on Monday said a failure to move forward in Gaza paired with rising violence in the West Bank were making a two-state solution “impossible.” Nickolay Mladenov, the high…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (432+ words) WASHINGTON (AFP): A top US envoy on Monday touted progress in weekend discussions with Ukraine and Russia, raising the prospect of reviving three-way peace talks to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (620+ words) KYIV (Reuters): US peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday (Sep 6) as the Trump administration renewed its push to end Russia’s four-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine. Kushner and Witkoff travelled from…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (443+ words) Omay Aimen There are moments in a nation’s history when the ordinary rhythm of life is suddenly replaced by an extraordinary test of courage....