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'We're going to get it solved': Ukraine peace deal within reach, says US envoy Witkoff

"If both sides want to solve this, we're going to get it solved," Witkoff said in Davos. "I think we've made a lot of progress."

US special envoy Steve Witkoff (L) and US President's son-in-law and businessman Jared Kushner arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 6, 2026.
Syrian citizens celebrating fall of the Assad regime, staying on abandoned government army tank in Damascus, December 11, 2024.

Lebanon detains Syrian who helped funnel funds to pro-Assad fighters, sources say

Iranians are seen protesting and blocking roads across Iran, on January 8, 2025

What Maduro’s fall tells Tehran about Trump’s Iran strategy - opinion

Service members take part in what Russian Defence Ministry says is the deployment of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, at an unidetified location in this still image from video released December 30, 2025.

Global Monopoly game: How a small state like Israel survives in ruthless geopolitics - opinion


Iranian foreign minister to visit Moscow ahead of second Iran-US meeting

Tehran has approached the talks warily, doubting the likelihood of an agreement and suspicious of Trump, who has threatened to bomb Iran if there is no deal.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a joint press conference with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2025.

Russia says it hit Ukrainian officers' meeting in Sumy

This came after Volodymyr Zelensky announced that 34 peopled died in the Russian attack.

 Members of emergency services work at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine April 13, 2025.

Russian man survives bear attack as sightings near Moscow increase

The man, who apparently survived the attack by managing to play dead, was out collecting antlers shed by elk and deer last week when the bear attacked him.

An American Black Bear swims in the water

Russia hoping for diplomacy to broker Iran nuclear deal - analysis

Iranian officials say they don't want war but also want to negotiate as equals with the US or others.

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian exchange documents at a partnership agreement signing ceremony in Moscow in January.

Turkey faces uncertainty amid Erdogan's protest crackdown, mayor's arrest - analysis

The popular mayor, a member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was widely anticipated to run against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the upcoming elections.

 People take part in a protest on the day Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2025

Trump, Putin agree Ukraine war should end with 'lasting peace,' WH says

Trump and Putin hold high-stakes talks as the US pushes Russia to accept a Ukraine ceasefire and move toward a lasting peace deal.

Donald Trump (L) and Vladimir Putin (R)

Polish president urges US to move nuclear weapons to Russian border

Moving the weapons would serve as a deterrent against potential Russian aggression but is likely to be perceived as “highly provocative” in Moscow.

POLISH PRESIDENT Andrzej Duda is currently serving his second term in the role and will leave after the Polish elections in May 2025.

Ukraine's biggest drone attack on Moscow kills one, disrupts air and train transport

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that at least 69 drones were destroyed that approached the city in several waves.

 A view shows a damaged apartment building in a residential complex following a drone attack in the village of Sapronovo in the Moscow region on March 11, 2025. Ukraine targeted Moscow with dozens of drones in a "massive" overnight attack, the city's mayor said on March 11, 2025.

Armed with WWII weapons, Ukraine’s ‘Witches’ battle Russian drones

EUROPE AFFAIRS: The Jerusalem Post joins female volunteer soldiers outside Kyiv as they fight to keep their homeland safe.

 THE ‘WITCHES of Bucha.’ Defending homes from Russian drones, the Bucha Volunteer Corps is part of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces. Many of its weapons date from World War II.

Russian missile experts flew to Iran amid clashes with Israel

The seven weapons experts were booked to travel from Moscow to Tehran aboard two flights on April 24 and September 17 last year.

 A man walks next to the apparent remains of a ballistic missile, as it lies in the desert near the Dead Sea, following a massive missile and drone attack by Iran on Israel, in southern Israel April 21, 2024 .