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The fifth round of Iran-US talks over Tehran’s nuclear program will take place in Rome on Friday, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi announced in a brief statement on Wednesday evening. Iran and the US resumed nuclear diplomacy last month, with Oman acting as mediator. President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers in 2018, and has now sought a “better” deal. He says the US will not allow Iran to have a nuclear bomb. The most recent round of talks was held in the Omani capital Muscat on May 11. Iran’s…
British ultramarathon runner William Goodge has broken the world record for running across Australia from coast to coast. The 31-year-old completed the 3,800-kilometer course in 35 days, starting from Cottesloe Beach in Perth on April 15 and finishing at Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. Goodge beat the previous record by four days, completing around 100 kilometers per day. The Bedfordshire native began marathon running after his mother, Amanda, passed away from cancer in 2018. Through this challenging journey, he raised funds for cancer charities in the UK, US, and Australia. Goodge’s feat surpassed the previous record set in 2023 by Chris…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, said that efforts to end the war in Ukraine were on the right track and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about future peace accord. Putin thanked Trump for supporting the resumption of direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv, and said that Trump noted Russia’s support for peace, though the key question was how to move towards peace. “We have agreed with the president of the United States that Russia will propose and is ready to work with the Ukrainian side…
The Kremlin said Monday that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were both in favour of normalising US-Russia ties and discussed a potential new prisoner swap between the two countries during a two-hour phone call. “Both expressed they were in favour for the further normalisation of ties,” Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said, adding the pair discussed swapping nine prisoners each. “Putin, Trump didn’t discuss timeline for Ukraine ceasefire” Putin and Trump did not discuss a timeline for a ceasefire in Ukraine during their two-hour phone call on Monday, but Trump stressed his interest in reaching agreements quickly, the Kremlin said. Kremlin…
Turkish foreign minister was on Thursday to meet the Russian delegation that is in Istanbul for their first direct peace talks with Ukraine in three years, a spokesman said. “Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will hold a meeting with the Russian delegation headed by Vladimir Medinsky at Dolmabahce (palace) this evening,” foreign ministry spokesman Öncü Keçeli said.
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he could still travel to Türkiye if the first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine make progress. “You know, if something happened, I’d go on Friday,” Trump said in Qatar, as a Russian delegation arrived in Istanbul for the talks without President Vladimir Putin.
Germany’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday urged all sides to avert a “famine” in Gaza, which has been under an aid blockade by Israel since early March. “It is a humanitarian obligation on all parties… and I stress, on all parties — that famine in the region be averted as soon as possible,” Merz told parliament. Merz says West can’t allow itself to be divided Merz says he will advocate for trans-Atlantic unity in the negotiations with Russia on an end to the war in Ukraine. “It is of paramount importance that the political West does not allow itself…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wednesday participated in an online meeting with leaders from the US, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. The meeting included US President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa. During the meeting, Erdoğan stated that Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria was of historic importance. The Turkish president said he believes the U.S. decision to lift sanctions on Syria will serve as an example for other countries that have imposed sanctions. Erdoğan also emphasized that Türkiye would continue to support the Damascus administration in its fight against terrorist organizations, especially…
US President Donald Trump agreed to meet Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa during his visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to a White House official. “The president agreed to say hello to the Syrian president while in Saudi Arabia tomorrow,” said the official on Tuesday, requesting anonymity. The meeting is expected to take place in Riyadh, where Trump arrived early Tuesday as part of his first overseas trip since taking office in January. His regional tour also includes planned visits to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Trump told reporters on Monday before departing for Saudi Arabia that he…
Nearly 400 entertainers and film industry figures, including Oscar-winning actors and Palme d’Or recipients, have signed onto an open letter calling for an end to the ongoing atrocities in Gaza, urging the international film community ahead of the annual Cannes festival to break its silence over the suffering and death. “The signatories’ demand is clear-they are calling on their peers and the world to rise up and refuse to accept the death, destruction and devastation that has been unraveling before our very eyes in Gaza and to reject the propaganda that allows for the dehumanization of Palestinians and so many…