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Russia and Ukraine’s top diplomats on Saturday used a high-level conference in Turkey to once again trade accusations of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges of negotiating an end to the 3-year-old war.

Russia should face “strong actions” from the West if it continues to refuse an unconditional ceasefire in the Ukraine war, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.

Russian drones hit a military hospital, shopping center, apartment blocks and other buildings in Kharkiv late Saturday, killing two people and wounding 35 others

Russian forces are preparing to launch a fresh military offensive in the coming weeks to maximize the pressure on Ukraine and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating position in ceasefire talks, Ukrainian government and military analysts said.

At least seven people were killed after Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine overnight on Sunday, according to local Ukrainian officials and emergency services.

President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, said he is “very optimistic” that the United States will be able to broker a full ceasefire and ultimately a peace deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a “very good telephone call” with Ukrainian President Voloydymr Zelensky, following up on his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin the previous day.

The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin sent some “additional signals” to Donald Trump concerning Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen issued a warning to international shipping companies on Wednesday that they intend to resume missile and drone attacks against “any Israeli vessel” passing through the Red Sea. The Houthis suspended their attacks in January after Israel announced a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it awaits a briefing from U.S. officials on the details of a 30-day ceasefire proposal.

President Donald Trump said he expects to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week now that Ukraine has accepted a potential ceasefire deal negotiated by the U.S., which is contingent on Russia also agreeing to it.

Russia said a partial or temporary ceasefire in its war on Ukraine would be “unacceptable” and launched a massive attack on infrastructure.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video Sunday thanking President Donald Trump profusely for his help in what seemed a pointed and deliberate contrast to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s behavior.

Israel accepted a new proposal by the Trump administration on Saturday night, under which all of the 63 remaining hostages would be released over the course of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, en route to a permanent ceasefire.

During President Donald Trump’s heated press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, Trump took exception to a reporter echoing Zelensky’s point that Russian President Vladimir Putin could not be trusted to honor any ceasefire deal.

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky engaged in a heated argument during an Oval Office press conference on Friday.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Wake Up America,” Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel, said that Hamas never keeps its word and “if you negotiate with terrorists, you only give them more freedom.”

On Friday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” President Donald Trump said that he’s okay with whatever decision Israel makes regarding hostages and the ceasefire and also stated that he thinks that the remaining hostages are in even

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” White House National Security Adviser Michael Waltz said that those who wanted a ceasefire in Gaza are “now completely opposed to President Trump being the president of peace and ending

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” United States Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler stated that Hamas failing to turn over the body of hostage Shiri Bibas is a “clear violation” of the ceasefire and advised Hamas to release Bibas’ body and

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz stated that no one has put forward a better plan for getting peace in Europe than the strategy that the Trump administration is

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) redeployed Tuesday in accord with the ceasefire deal that ended the war with Hezbollah — though Lebanon is formally objecting to Israel retaining a “buffer zone.”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” host Chris Hayes stated that “There are reasons, I think, for Hamas to be skeptical” about the second phase of the ceasefire deal and that President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal gives them no

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told an Italian newspaper last weekend that it was “absolutely stupid, illogical, and very irresponsible” for the leaders of his country to give up their nuclear weapons in the 1990s.

The four female Israeli hostages released on Saturday defied their Hamas captors in Gaza by appearing strong and upbeat as the terrorists attempted to humiliate them in front of an audience of radical Islamists.

Former Israeli U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren spoke with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit about the newly reached ceasefire deal and the”moral strategic dilemmas” Israel is facing to bring home hostages still held captive by Hamas terrorists.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that pressure from President-Elect Donald Trump was what “really sealed” the ceasefire and hostage release deal “because Israel had to swallow a lot for this deal. They’re trading away

Israel’s Security Cabinet on Friday voted to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal despite misgivings from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

During an interview with MSNBC aired on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Last Word,” President Joe Biden said that the first time he raised the prospect of a ceasefire to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “was probably when he moved really

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Thursday spewed harsh criticisms against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip.

Many pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel progressives, who have been highly critical of the Biden-Harris administration’s failure to reach a ceasefire, weighed in to either further bash the outgoing administration or laud Trump for already bringing peace on the foreign policy front.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight,” MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin reacted to the ceasefire and hostage release deal by arguing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “could have delivered this victory to Joe Biden eight months ago, prior

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby stated that Hamas finally agreed to a ceasefire and hostage deal because Israel has “dramatically weakened” Hamas since back when President Joe Biden laid out

During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son, Sagui Dekel-Chen, has been held hostage by Hamas, stated that he is grateful for the work of the Biden administration and the incoming Trump administration that was “the

President Joe Biden’s State Department is admitting that President-elect Donald Trump’s team was critical in securing a peace deal between Israel and Hamas.

President-elect Donald Trump said his incoming administration would look to further the Abraham Accord agreements following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and terrorist organization Hamas, which comes mere days before his second term.