By Anadolu Agency French President Emmanuel Macron warned his US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday to “be careful” in negotiations to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. “We want peace, and I think the initiative of President Trump is a very positive one. But my message was to say, ‘Be careful,’ because we need something substantial

German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025. Photgrapher Angelika Warmuth By Reuters German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to

By Anadolu Agency The US and Ukraine are close to finalizing a deal that would grant the US valuable mineral rights, a move the Trump administration has pursued as compensation for military aid to help Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion, according to a new report. An agreement could be finalized as early as Saturday, though negotiations

By Anadolu Agency Germany’s center-right CDU/CSU alliance has lost 2 percentage points just days before Sunday’s snap elections, while the far-right AfD has made slight gains. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz and his CDU/CSU bloc have fallen to 28% – their worst polling performance this year – according to the latest survey by public broadcaster ZDF.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order at Capital One arena in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan. 20, 2025. Photographer Li Rui By Xinhua News Agency As U.S. President Donald Trump approaches his first month in office, his administration has been marked by a series of headline-grabbing actions and remarks: the deportation of

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy gives a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 19, 2025, amid the Russian attack on Ukraine. Reuters/Tetiana Dzhafarova By Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “a dictator without elections” on Wednesday and said he had better move fast to secure peace or he would have

By Anadolu Agency A meeting between the Russian and American presidents could take place as early as next week, the Kremlin said Wednesday, the first such meeting of the two nations’ leaders in years. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could meet before the end of February, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a press briefing in

Daily newspapers with covers, dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, Russia, February 13, 2025. Reuters Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago,

By Anadolu Agency Talks between Russia and the United States, aimed at mending relations and addressing the conflict in Ukraine, began on Tuesday in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, according to Russian and US media reports. The discussions are being held at Diriyah Palace, provided by Saudi Arabia as part of the kingdom’s ongoing

By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Riyadh on Monday, marking his first official visit to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi news channel Al Ekhbariya confirmed the top diplomat’s arrival without providing details about his schedule in the kingdom. The visit is the first by Rubio since he became a secretary of