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Muhamad Yehia President Donald Trump said on Feb. 7 that he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the Russia–Ukraine war, drawing a response from the Kremlin. Speaking to the New York Post in an exclusive interview on Air Force One, Trump said that he did speak with …

Muhamad Yehia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous” and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Associated …

Muhamad Yehia Trump has said repeatedly he wouldn’t have allowed the conflict to start if he had been in office, even though he was president as fighting grew in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv’s forces and separatists backed by Moscow. US President Donald Trump has said his administration has had “very …

Muhamad Yehia In 2024, member states collectively spent an average of 1.9% of GDP on defence, while Russia was spending 9%, Kaja Kallas told the audience of the European Defence Agency annual conference on Monday. The European Union must boost its defence spending to “prepare for the worst” and be …

Muhamad Yehia Russia launched a large-scale missile attack targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday morning, Ukraine’s Air Force reporte. Ukraine introduced preventative power cuts after Russia launched a massive aerial attack against the country on Wednesday, Ukraine’s energy minister said. “The enemy continues to terrorise Ukrainians,” Herman Halushchenko wrote on …

  Muhamad Yehia More than a million Ukrainians were left without power yesterday after Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with missiles and drones. President Vladimir Putin said the attack was in retaliation for Kyiv’s assaults on Russian territory with long-range U.S. missiles, and he suggested that the strikes could intensify. …

  Muhamad Yehia UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key U.N. General Assembly committee adopted a resolution late Friday paving the way for negotiations on a first-ever treaty on preventing and punishing crimes against humanity after Russia dropped amendments that would have derailed the effort. The resolution was approved by consensus …

  Muhamad Yehia SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russia on Saturday opened the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in the city of Sochi, seeking to deepen ties with African nations and dispel a notion that it’s isolated by Western sanctions. The conference is billed as building on last …

By Lolita C. Baldor | AP GABORONE, Botswana — The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other nations in West Africa will be key issues as the top U.S. military officer meets with his counterparts this week at a chief …

In the past year, since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine, Russian regular troops have not been able to achieve their main goals in Ukraine. The high human losses of the Russian armed forces forced the Kremlin to engage the services of private military companies, which attract mercenaries …