The US President's advisers are understood to be very wary of Mr Trump speaking to Vladimir Putin directly at this stage.

What the military desperately needs now is a lifeline and a civil war exit plan. The earthquake could provide both, with a ceasefire – no matter how badly observed – providing a cover for allowing for ...

President Trump’s much-hyped Ukraine ceasefire lasted only one hour. But was anyone really that surprised? Its terms were ...

Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas,” the defense minister said, while officials ...

A point of contention was the deployment of European troops in Ukraine, if a ceasefire is concluded. Read more at ...

Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November.Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a ...