KYIV, Ukraine — Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, expressed “restrained optimism” there could be progress made toward an eventual meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin during trilateral negotiations next week. Ukrainian, Russian and American delegations will meet in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10 and 11 for the first trilateral talks since…
Progress toward a negotiated resolution to Russia’s war on Ukraine is “theoretically possible,” Kremlin officials said Wednesday as U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, but any headway will require Ukraine’s leaders to make “necessary decisions,” according to Russian state media. If Ukraine fails to make those decisions, the…
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said Monday that his country had been subjected to another night of Russian missile and drone strikes, “and again there was no warning from partners.” Zelenskyy has accused the U.S. of limiting intelligence, and possibly other assistance to Ukraine amid renewed tension with President Trump, who accused the Ukrainian leader over the…
North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said. The launches came just days after Pyongyang reasserted its status as a nuclear-armed state and rejected a United Nations resolution demanding it halt its nuclear activities. They were also the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations even after…
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, terming it an “important strategic step”. The pact aims to strengthen collective deterrence and empowers the three states to treat an attack against one of them as an attack against all of them….
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a defense agreement on Friday, solidifying cooperation between the three regional powers at a time of growing security concerns and amid threats from the Iran war. “The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack against any one of…
