President Trump arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday after delivering a campaign-style speech at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Trump's UAE visit makes him only the second serving American president to visit the country.

President Donald Trump says he's looking to set up direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as possible.

ISTANBUL − Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkey, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine's president said his defence minister would head up Kyiv's team.