Russia and Ukraine to Hold U.S.-Mediated Talks in Riyadh: What to Know
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Russia and Ukraine to Hold U.S.-Mediated Talks in Riyadh: What to Know

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Russian officials began a round of talks with representatives of the United States on Monday in Saudi Arabia, Russian state news agencies reported, following a similar meeting on Sunday between American and Ukrainian delegations. The talks are aimed at ironing out details of…

Four Takeaways From Keir Starmer’s Conversations With The New York Times
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Four Takeaways From Keir Starmer’s Conversations With The New York Times

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s overture to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine has rattled leaders across Europe. Few have been more transformed than Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, who was elected last summer on a standard-issue promise to…

Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations
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Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hamas fired its first barrage of rockets in months into Israeli territory on Thursday as Israeli troops expanded their ground raids in northern Gaza in what looked increasingly like a slide back into full-scale war. There were no reports of casualties from the…

Putin Agrees to Avoid Ukraine Energy Targets in Potential Limited Cease-fire
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Putin Agrees to Avoid Ukraine Energy Targets in Potential Limited Cease-fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia agreed for the first time on Tuesday to a limited cease-fire that would stop strikes on energy infrastructure, as long as Ukraine does the same, the Kremlin said in a statement. But in a two-and-a-half-hour phone call…

Less Than Half of the 59 Hostages in Gaza Believed to be Alive
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Less Than Half of the 59 Hostages in Gaza Believed to be Alive

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The resumption of heavy Israeli strikes in Gaza immediately cast into question the status of the remaining hostages held there by Hamas and other groups — with fewer than half of the 59 left still thought to be alive, according to the Israeli…

Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine
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Putin Visits Kursk to Cheer Russian Troops Trying to Oust Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, dressed in fatigues, visited a command post near the front in Kursk late Wednesday to cheer on his military’s ejection of Ukrainian forces from much of the territory they had been occupying in the Russian border region. The…

Putin Is ‘Carefully Studying’ Proposed Ukraine Cease-Fire
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Putin Is ‘Carefully Studying’ Proposed Ukraine Cease-Fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As recently as January, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia emphatically rejected the idea of a temporary cease-fire in Ukraine. But after a month in which President Trump turned American foreign policy on its head and Russian forces made progress in a key…

Europe Weighs Peacekeeping Role in Ukraine Amid Trump’s Embrace of Russia
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Europe Weighs Peacekeeping Role in Ukraine Amid Trump’s Embrace of Russia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines With anger in Europe mounting over President Trump’s perceived abandonment of the continent, President Emmanuel Macron of France gathered the chiefs of staff of more than 30 armed forces on Tuesday to review the formation of a multinational peacekeeping force to monitor any…

As Ukraine and U.S. Cease-Fire Talks Near, Gulfs Remain
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As Ukraine and U.S. Cease-Fire Talks Near, Gulfs Remain

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Ukrainian and American officials sit down in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for their first high-level meeting since an Oval Office shouting match between their presidents last month, the goal will be finding a way to halt the bloodiest European war in generations….