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ROME — Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV confirmed to her the Vatican's willingness to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Meloni consulted Leo following a phone call on Monday between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, her office said.…

Home World News After Putin call, Trump says Russia-Ukraine talks to begin 'immediately' Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine would immediately begin ceasefire negotiations following his two-hour call with Vladimir Putin. He suggested the Vatican as a potential host for the talks. By Reuters  May 20, 2025, 12:00:50 AM…

"Putin Got No Concession" Rubio Denies Russia is Playing Trump "Like a Fiddle", Ukraine Alarmed Last Updated: May 20, 2025, 23:52 IST Crux World The US Secretary of State said on May 20 that Trump offered no concessions to Russia, rejecting criticism over the administration's Ukraine policyRubio was responding to…

A much-hyped phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday was followed up by optimistic statements by the pair, but there are doubts over whether it marked any real progress towards peace in Ukraine. Days after Ukrainian and Russian negotiators in Istanbul met for the first time in…

The EU and Britain announced new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday without waiting for the United States to join them, a day after US President Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin failed to elicit a promise for a ceasefire in Ukraine. London and Brussels said their new measures would…

The UK and Europe have announced major sanctions against Russia as it became clear that Monday’s call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had failed to deliver any meaningful concessions from Moscow. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Tuesday accused Russia of “trying to buy time in order to continue…

After a two-hour phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on May 19, US president Donald Trump took to social media to declare that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately start negotiations” towards a ceasefire and an end to the war. He did, however, add that the conditions for peace “will…

A phone call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shut down an effort to pressure Russia into an immediate ceasefire and instead opened the way for fighting to continue during lengthy negotiations — much to the consternation of Ukraine and its European allies Tuesday. Trump’s unwillingness to…

The US President, Donald Trump, on Monday held separate phone calls with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, to negotiate a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine aimed at ending their three-year war. The calls did not produce any major breakthrough. Although Trump and Putin…

WASHINGTON, USA — President Donald Trump on Monday, May 19, 2025, declared that negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to permanently end their years-long war will begin “immediately,” following a pair of high-level phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump, speaking to reporters at the…