President Donald Trump stated on Thursday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen on accepting a peace deal, while suggesting that the threat of sanctions likely played a major role in Moscow accepting the meeting.
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President Donald Trump held virtual meetings with leaders of NATO member states, as well as with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday ahead of Friday’s bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
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President Donald Trump has announced that he is reducing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s deadline to end the ongoing war with Ukraine to 10-12 days from Monday, after previously affording Putin 50 days.
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he intends to deliver a “major statement” about Russia early next week, as the Senate weighs legislation aimed at compelling action on sanctions following months of warnings from the U.S. Commander-in-chief.
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The Trump administration announced sanctions against six accused cocaine traffickers who utilized “narco-subs” to ship their illicit product, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
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Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday called the U.S. “arrogant” after rejecting an amended nuclear deal that would allow Tehran to continue low-level uranium enrichment.
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