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Ukraine and Russia Trade Drone Strikes Ahead of Zelensky-Trump Talks

This is Beirut, 17/08 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Kyiv and Moscow launched attack drones at each other Sunday, a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due in the United States for talks with President Donald Trump on ending three years of war with Russia. Fighting has continued to rage during a flurry of diplomatic moves to end Moscow's invasion. Kyiv's air force said ...

Trump Backing Putin’s Ukraine Land Plan: Source, Reports

This is Beirut, 16/08 21:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump backs a Russian proposal for Moscow to take full control of two Ukrainian regions and freeze the front line in two others which Moscow only partially controls, a source told AFP. The source with knowledge of the matter said Russian President Vladimir Putin "de facto demands that Ukraine leave Donbas", an area consisting ...

Trump Drops Ukraine Ceasefire Demand After Putin Summit

This is Beirut, 16/08 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump on Saturday dropped his push for a ceasefire in Ukraine in favor of pursuing a full peace accord – a major shift announced hours after his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin yielded no clear breakthrough. Prior to the high-stakes meeting in Alaska, securing an immediate cessation of hostilities had been a core demand of ...

European Leaders Back Putin-Trump-Zelensky Meeting

This is Beirut, 16/08 15:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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European leaders on Saturday expressed support for a three-way summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia's Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump, after a US-Russia summit failed to produce a ceasefire. A statement, signed by French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir ...

Trump and Putin Kick off Alaska Summit With a Hand Shake

This is Beirut, 15/08 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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:Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shook hands and smiled at an air base in Alaska on Friday as they opened a high-risk summit that will test the US president's promise to end the bloody war in Ukraine. In choreographed drama, Trump and Putin each arrived in their presidential jets and walked under gray skies to greet each other on the tarmac, ...

Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit

This is Beirut, 15/08 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The online falsehoods spreading across tech platforms were muddying the waters around Friday's closely ...

Ukraine: From the First Shot to the Trump-Putin Summit

Moncef Ait-Kaci, 15/08 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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It all began in Maidan Square, at the heart of what history would remember as the “Revolution of Dignity” or “Euromaidan.” In November 2013, thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv to say “no” to a pro-Russian turn and to demand “a European future.” Months of violently repressed protests led to the flight of President Viktor ...

Putin-Trump Summit: What Each Side Wants

This is Beirut, 15/08 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday for talks on the Ukraine war. Expectations are high for the first summit between sitting US and Russian presidents in more than four years, but Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart in their visions on how to end the conflict. It will be ...

800 National Guard Personnel Mobilized for DC Mission: Pentagon

This is Beirut, 14/08 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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All 800 National Guard troops who were ordered to the US capital, Washington, to aid law enforcement personnel by President Donald Trump have now been mobilized, the Pentagon said Thursday. Trump ordered the deployment—which follows a similar move during protests in Los Angeles in June—as part of what he billed as a crackdown on crime in the ...

Trump Vows Not To Be Intimidated Ahead of Putin Summit

This is Beirut, 14/08 18:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday he would not be intimidated by Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the eve of a high-stakes summit and said Ukraine would be involved in any deal on its fate. Putin flies to Alaska on Friday at the invitation of Trump in his first visit to a Western country since he ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine ...

Putin, Trump to Discuss Settling Ukraine Conflict in Talks: Kremlin

This is Beirut, 14/08 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump are to discuss ways to settle the Ukraine conflict during their landmark summit in Alaska on Friday, the Kremlin said. The meeting will be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents since 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia's nearly three-and-a-half ...

Trump Names Stallone, Strait, Gaynor Among 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees

This is Beirut, 14/08 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Rocky star Sylvester Stallone and country music great George Strait among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, as he pursues a controversial overhaul of the storied arts venue. Since returning to office in January, the Republican leader has declared war on what he calls "woke" viewpoints ...

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