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Delegations from Russia and Ukraine have sat down for their first direct talks in three years, but hopes for a breakthrough at the meeting in Turkiye remain dim. Officials from Russia, Ukraine, and the United States arrived in Istanbul on Friday morning for the talks, the first since shortly after...

Indian security forces have killed 31 Maoist rebels in what the country’s home minister called the “biggest operation against Naxalism”. Amit Shah said on social media that the operation took place on Karreguttalu Hill on the border of Chhattisgarh and Telangana. “The hill on which the red terror...

President Donald Trump's senior adviser for Africa said he spoke with the presidents of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo about a draft peace deal this week, as Washington seeks to end a decades-long conflict in the region. The United States is awaiting final feedback due this weekend from...

The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has defended using the term “genocide” to describe what aid workers are trying to prevent in Gaza, saying the world should not make the same mistakes seen in past violations of international law, when it wasn’t “called out soon enough.” Tom Fletcher, in an...

The worst fighting in Libya's capital for years calmed after the government announced a ceasefire, Tripoli residents said, while there was no immediate statement from authorities on how many people had been killed. Clashes broke out at the beginning of the week after the killing of a major militia...

Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine's president said his defense minister would head up Kyiv's team. They will be the first direct talks between the sides...

President Donald Trump said he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major U.S. policy shift ahead of an expected meeting with Syria's Islamist President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Trump is set to say hello to Sharaain Saudi Arabia, a White House...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will travel to Turkey's capital Ankara to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and will be available for direct talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Istanbul. "We will do everything to ensure that this meeting takes place," he told...

International aid agencies warned that Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, including a U.S.-backed proposal, will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory, calling on Israel to lift its blockade on food and other supplies, now in its third month. The U...

At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of Solenzo, Human Rights Watch said. According to victim testimony and videos shared on social media gathered by the rights group, the attackers were Burkina Faso special forces and members of a pro...