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Sources to 'Post': Qatari PM admits major gaps remain in US-Iran talks as Trump pushes for deal

Qatar and other mediators are working to bridge major differences in talks between the US and Iran, two sources familiar with the details told the Post.

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Saudi Arabia's FM Farhan, Britain's Foreign Secretary Miliband, France's FM Barrot, Italy's Deputy PM and FM Tajani, Qatar's PM al-Thani, and German FM Wadephul meet in Paris on November 10, 2026.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un (L) after their bilateral meeting on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China.

Moscow invites Kim Jong Un for official visit as Pyongyang rejects calls to halt nuclear tests

Moscow and Pyongyang have drawn markedly closer in recent years, with North Korea sending troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky waits to welcome Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 4, 2025.

Putin’s and Iran’s Caspian Sea plans have backfired. Here’s how – opinion

The same route that enables Russia to bombard Ukrainian cities with thousands of Shaheds since 2022 is now being used by Zelensky to curb the Kremlin’s war effort

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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attend a meeting at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg, Russia April 27, 2026.

Putin pledges support for Iran in talks with Araghchi in Russia, says he wants peace soon

Russia has offered to mediate to try to help restore calm to the Middle East following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, which Moscow has condemned.

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Putin’s Middle Eastern empire

Putin’s support of Assad’s Syria has inevitably drawn him closer to Iran, its devoted ally.

MARCH 11, 2015ByNEVILLE TELLER
Syrian President Bashar Assad (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin.