Keir Starmer will sit down with President Trump and try to convince him to work out *** peace deal that involves Europe and Ukraine. The first US talks with Russia happened last week without any ...

A “window for peace is opening” in Ukraine, China’s top diplomat told a meeting of G20 foreign ministers on Thursday, as the Trump administration ramps up its push to end the war in close ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said any Ukraine peace deal would require a "US backstop" to deter Russia from attacking its neighbour again. Speaking after a hastily convened meeting with European leaders ...

The meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday included US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (middle), US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (right), US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff (left) and Russian ...

The meeting, in Riyadh, was possible only after the Saudis, “unusually,” as Lt Gen Keith Kellogg, the US president Donald Trump’s peace envoy, had put it, had managed to convince Vladimir ...

With the US saying it wants to cut back support for Ukraine, and Europe scrambling to reshape its security, could peace be achieved soon? And how could that impact the rest of the continent?

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

European peace mission may weaken NATO's own defences, need U.S. support Experts doubt Europe's ability to raise combat-ready troops fast Russia opposes NATO troops in Ukraine, questions ...

He lives in the next block to the one the Russians destroyed. I asked him what he thought of Donald Trump's idea of peace in Ukraine. "We need peace," he said. "It's necessary because there is no ...

Donald Trump and his circle continue to paint Vladimir Putin as a man yearning for peace, gifting the Russian President the geopolitical optics of the first high-level bilateral meeting since 2021 ...

Scholz called for more flexible rules of funding to support Ukraine and reassure Kyiv it can rely on Europe's backing. “We welcome that there are talks about a peace agreement, but for us it is clear ...