Russian President Vladimir Putin remains perpetually just out of reach as the White House struggles in its efforts to bring the world leader to heel on his invasion of Ukraine. President Donald Trump appears undeterred in his efforts to get the Russian leader to the negotiating table even after the Kremlin dodged a proposal to

As for Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman helped lay the groundwork for the Sharaa-Trump meeting.Turkey is now able to work with countries that it previously had problems with, such as Saudi Arabia.

Donald Trump has been urged to pressure Russia with further sanctions, after Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky warned Vladimir Putin is “trying to buy time” to continue his war.The US president insisted progress had been made after his two-hour call with the Russian president on Monday.

For now the Holy See says the idea of even hosting talks is more a hope than a concrete plan.

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London: US President Donald Trump has declared that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire” following a lengthy phone conversation with Vladimir Putin, a claim that drew cautious international reactions and left key questions unanswered.

President Trump opened his week with high-stakes phone calls on the war in Ukraine. Trump first spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, before calling Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning.

Trump and Putin spoke for around two hours on Monday in what was seen in Europe as an opportunity for the U.S. to pressure Putin to agree to a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine or face new sanctions. However,