On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters he met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and that the talks were productive, highlighting that they exchanged "new" and "different" approaches to ending the war in Ukraine.

Pope Leo told visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday that the Vatican is willing to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks, the Vatican said in a statement. The pope, meeting the Ukrainian leader for the second time in his two-month-old papacy,

Tamir Hayman was head of Israel’s military intelligence. He says Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks are particularly challenging, as each side tries to maintain leverage for ultimate resolution

Wednesday was the third day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the U.S. as he continued meeting with leaders to plot out the next steps in the ongoing war in Gaza.

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia did not think peace talks on Ukraine have stalled despite Donald Trump's remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Washington's resumption of some weapons to Ukraine.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are scheduled to meet on Thursday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to advance peace talks between the two countries. This meeting follows recent optimism from the United States about reaching a quick agreement.

Moscow will inform media as soon as new dates agreed upon with Kyiv, Dmitry Peskov tells briefing - Anadolu Ajansı

Arab media reports that Israel’s National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi met Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara'a, while Israeli officials say he is in the US with Netanyahu.