Steve Witkoff, an envoy for President Trump, arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for talks on Ukraine that Mr. Trump has described as pivotal in determining whether the United States goes ahead with new sanctions against Russia. Mr. Witkoff was greeted at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport by Kirill Dmitriev, an economic aide to President Vladimir V. Putin, […]
Members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet, which was sworn in on Tuesday, weren’t the only newcomers to Ottawa’s political scene this week. At an Ottawa conference on Friday, Pete Hoekstra gave his first official speech as the United States’ ambassador to Canada. While the speech was, not surprisingly, filled with praise for President Trump […]
President Trump gave a rosy report on Thursday about the state of talks with Iran over nuclear weapons, saying his administration was “getting close to maybe doing a deal,” one of the key objectives of his second term. “Iran has sort of agreed to the terms,” Mr. Trump said at a business round table in […]
Even as the United States and China take steps to rein in their trade war, Beijing is preparing for broader rivalry with Washington to continue. For China, that means its search for economic and diplomatic opportunities across Asia is unlikely to soften its tough line on its regional territorial claims and military competition. Both sides […]
Secretary of state. Acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration. And now interim national security adviser to President Trump. Like a Christmas tree bedecked with shiny ornaments of every shape and size, Marco Rubio, 53, has accumulated four titles starting with his confirmation as […]
When the Trump administration proposed a peace plan that would recognize Russian rule of the Crimean peninsula, the response from Kyiv was a loud and unequivocal no. Doing so would violate the nation’s Constitution, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told reporters. It would never happen, he declared, not even in exchange for the end of […]
Ten years ago, when former President Barack Obama and other leaders reached a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program, Saudi Arabia was dismayed. Saudi officials called it a “weak deal” that had only emboldened the kingdom’s regional rival, Iran. They cheered when President Trump withdrew from the agreement a few years later. Now, […]
Ukraine and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding late on Thursday on a minerals agreement, according to Ukraine’s economy minister, bringing both sides closer to a deal that has gone through multiple, contentious rounds of negotiations. The signing fell short of a full agreement on the final terms of a minerals deal, which […]
The Trump administration could cut nearly 50 percent of the State Department’s funding next fiscal year, according to an internal memo laying out a downsizing plan being given serious consideration by department leaders, said two U.S. officials. The plan was drawn up as the White House pressures agencies to make significant budget cuts. The memo, […]
The Finnish Defense Forces sent out an urgent message: We are being invaded. We need help. Hundreds of American troops — part of a new Arctic division — boarded planes in Fairbanks, Alaska. Their flight curved over the North Pole and landed at Rovaniemi Airport, in northern Finland. The soldiers quickly unpacked their M-4 assault […]
