President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon following his direct participation in historic White House peace talks, voicing optimism the diplomatic push could lead to a lasting agreement as he looks to host both nations’ leaders in Washington in the coming weeks.
Iranian state media reported on Sunday night that Tehran is not planning to attend peace talks announced by President Donald Trump and scheduled for Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it a “historic opportunity” as Israel and Lebanon launched what officials described as their first direct talks in more than four decades on Tuesday, with envoys signaling they are “on the same side” against Iran-backed Hezbollah and expressing cautious optimism the effort could lay the groundwork for a durable peace.
President Donald Trump announced Sunday the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the news coming after he said Iran promised to open the strait but ultimately did not.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel will begin direct negotiations with Lebanon “as soon as possible” aimed at disarming Hezbollah and advancing what he described as a “historic, sustainable peace agreement,” as tensions persist over the scope of the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
Pakistan held talks in its capital city of Islamabad on Sunday to “de-escalate” the Iran war, but none of the actual participants in the war attended the meeting. Instead, the talks were held between the foreign ministers of Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.
President Donald Trump said Monday that discussions with Iran have been “very, very strong” when asked about Tehran denying conversations that could lead to ending the war.
No attacks on infrastructure overnight, Zelensky said, after Trump made a request to Putin to hold back missiles as severe weather arrives.
Putin was playing a game by inviting his counterpart to Moscow, Zelensky said, making an equally facetious reciprocal invitation to Kyiv.
Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are meeting for the first time under a new trilateral format to discuss possibilities for peace.
President Donald Trump was optimistic on Monday in his update to America on Russia-Ukraine talks after speaking with European leaders.
The European counterproposal made during the Ukraine peace talks in Geneva on Sunday would reportedly allow Russia to be readmitted to the G8 alliance of major world economies and to place a cap on Ukraine’s military.
Vice President JD Vance described President Donald Trump’s foreign policy as focused on leveraging America’s prodigious economic power to pursue peace around the world, replacing war manufacturing with cultural exchange, in a conversation on Thursday with Breitbart News’ Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle.
President Donald Trump said a deal to end the Israel-Hamas War is “very close,” and he could travel to the Middle East as soon as this weekend.
President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will discuss Gaza and trade during their private meeting on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday afternoon that Israel has agreed to a proposed withdrawal line, and that a ceasefire will begin if and when Hamas agrees.
President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is “very close” to reaching “peace in the Middle East” after Hamas agreed to peace talks.
NEW YORK — Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani told Breitbart News exclusively on Thursday that peace negotiations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain ongoing in Doha, Qatar’s capital, and that the hope is a broader deal can be reached soon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was still interested in peace negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and invited to hold such a meeting in Moscow. Zelensky is unlikely to accept the invitation, both out of concern for his own safety, and anger at Putin’s steadily escalating attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has reportedly offered to U.S. President Trump to host peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky in Budapest.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a conspicuous effort on Tuesday to bring Saudi Arabia’s de facto chief executive, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), into the final stage of the Ukraine peace process as a major player.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump confirmed reports that he called Russian President Putin during his meeting with European leaders and said that a sit down between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to end the war is being arranged.
Ukrainian President Zelensky said on Sunday that it would be “impossible” for Kyiv to cede territory to Russia and reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and fellow European leaders praised U.S. President Donald Trump for his efforts to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine with a bilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine won’t give up land to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned early on Saturday, hours after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will convene a peace summit at the White House on Friday with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan that is meant to end decades of conflict and reopen key transportation routes in the region.
President Donald Trump on Saturday leveraged trade with the United States to open up ceasefire negotiations between Thailand and Cambodia over their territorial dispute.
Russian and Italian media reported this week that Pope Leo XIV will meet with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday, July 26.
WASHINGTON — Steve Witkoff, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump and key negotiator for the president on a number of fronts worldwide, told Breitbart News exclusively this week that the president prefers diplomacy over military intervention when available as an option to solve a conflict.
WASHINGTON–Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the Trump administration wants to see Russian and Ukrainian officials agree to a meeting as “the next big step” in trying to end the war between the countries.
President Donald Trump confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments on Friday, saying that if Russia or Ukraine makes peace negotiations “very difficult,” then the United States would withdraw from its role in the discussions.
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.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov praised “healthy thoughts” from Secretary of State Marco Rubio in his Breitbart News interview.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation on Monday in which they reportedly discussed the efforts of “relevant parties” to “make positive efforts to defuse the Ukraine crisis.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he had a “productive meeting” with retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg.
Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov meet for talks on Ukraine, but even before sitting down Russia demonstrated its hard bargaining mindset.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday with his wife Olena Zelenska, seeking assistance with recovering Ukrainian prisoners from Russia, a “large humanitarian program” for suffering civilians, and “investments and economic partnership” that could help Ukraine rebuild after the war.
The Biden administration blocked Ukraine from agreeing to a peace deal with Moscow in March of 2022, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said.
The White House is reportedly “annoyed” with French President Macron’s attempts to strike a peace deal in Ukraine with the aid of China.
