President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are making progress in peace talks but called the conflict difficult to solve on Tuesday night.

In talks with Russia, European officials say that President Trump’s advisers have positioned the U.S. as an independent arbiter rather than as the leading voice of NATO.

The Trump plan for Gaza leans to Israeli terms. It makes disarming Hamas a central condition for any progress in rebuilding the devastated territory. It also lays out no strict timetable for a full Israeli troop withdrawal, making it conditional on deployment of an international security force.

Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's top envoys, the Kremlin said.

A former Pentagon official has sparked controversy by saying that US President Donald Trump deserves a “Nobel Prize” for bringing India and Russia closer during Vladimir Putin’s visit to India.

Ukrainian officials met with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives Sunday, and Washington officials are expected in Moscow for more peace talks this week.

Putin’s state visit to India presents Prime Minister Modi with a delicate diplomatic challenge, analysts say, needing to reassure Moscow without angering Trump.

Despite diplomatic efforts, the Ukraine war remains stalled as Russia insists on territorial gains and a weakened Ukraine. A US peace plan, initially seen as pro-Russian, has been revised, but Moscow's maximalist demands and Kyiv's insistence on sovereignty create a significant gap.

President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would make Russia a winner. This proposed appeasement echoes World War II.

Although not stated so starkly, the strategic centrepoint of what may be termed the Real Donald Trump was to be the building of a strong US-India-Russia partnership. Somewhere along the way during the very first year of his second term as President of the United States,

The attacks have killed more than 80 people and now face intense scrutiny over concerns that they violated international law.