Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine
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Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The top foreign policy official for the European Union had a blunt assessment on Friday of the Trump administration’s apparent willingness to give Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, much of what he wants in Ukraine, even before negotiations to end the three-year war…

Tensions Mount in Lebanon as Deadline Nears for Israeli Withdrawal
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Tensions Mount in Lebanon as Deadline Nears for Israeli Withdrawal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A U.S. official overseeing the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah indicated on Friday that Israel would by next week withdraw from occupied towns in southern Lebanon. But his comments added to the uncertainty over whether Israel would remain in a handful of strategic…

Why Isn’t Ukraine in NATO, and What Has Trump Said?
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Why Isn’t Ukraine in NATO, and What Has Trump Said?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, the alliance took on a wider role. NATO forces — made up of troops volunteered by member states — operated as peacekeepers in Bosnia in the 1990s and bombed Serbia in 1999 to protect Kosovo, where…

Warming Trend in U.S.-Russia Relations Leaves Ukraine in a Tough Spot
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Warming Trend in U.S.-Russia Relations Leaves Ukraine in a Tough Spot

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was already facing a daunting week as foreign officials gathered in Europe for talks about his country’s future. The Trump administration was demanding $500 billion in Ukrainian mineral rights, it canceled Ukraine’s exemption from U.S. tariffs on steel,…

Aid agencies rush supplies into Gaza as fragile cease-fire holds for now.
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Aid agencies rush supplies into Gaza as fragile cease-fire holds for now.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hamas suggested on Thursday that progress was being made in “positive” talks to bolster the teetering cease-fire with Israel, appearing to signal that an impasse was nearing its end and that hostages could be released this weekend. There was no immediate comment from…

Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’
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Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Prewar Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is “an unrealistic objective” and an “illusionary goal” in the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia that President Trump wants to accomplish, Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said on Wednesday at a meeting of countries supporting…

How Ukraine Pitched Trump on a Deal for Critical Minerals
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How Ukraine Pitched Trump on a Deal for Critical Minerals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To Ukraine, they are a chit to play in an ongoing appeal to President Trump for more financial and military support. To Mr. Trump, they should be overdue payment for billions of dollars committed to Kyiv’s war effort. Either way, Ukraine’s vast and…

Israel’s Security Cabinet Meets as Pressure on Hamas Cease-Fire Rises
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Israel’s Security Cabinet Meets as Pressure on Hamas Cease-Fire Rises

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel held an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday after Hamas said it was postponing the next release of Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip, increasing the pressure on an already fragile three-week cease-fire. The security cabinet was set…

Israeli Hostages’ Accounts of Abuse Raise Alarms for Remaining Captives
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Israeli Hostages’ Accounts of Abuse Raise Alarms for Remaining Captives

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bound. Starved. Wounded. Tortured. These are the conditions that some hostages being held in Gaza still face, according to information their families said they had received from Israeli military and security officials after Hamas released three captives on Saturday as part of a…

Did Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Order a Murder in Chile?
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Did Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Order a Murder in Chile?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Shortly after 3 a.m., a battering ram burst open the door to a 14th-floor apartment and three men dressed in the black tactical gear of the Chilean police rushed in. Brandishing guns, they grabbed Ronald Ojeda in front of his wife and 6-year-old…