Depressed world

If some reputed global agency was to conduct a survey of the mood of the world today, it would most probably conclude, there is a high degree of mental...

Deadly war

The world has to admit that the US President Donald Trump has made sincere efforts to get warring countries to the negotiating table. But the Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Russia and Ukraine summits show Trump can push for peace

By hosting an unprecedented short-notice summit with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European leaders on Monday, President Donald Trump significantly raised the prospects for ending Russia’s three-and-a-half-year-long war...

Ukraine got a reprieve in Washington — not an escape

In the 1963 war movie “The Great Escape,” 76 prisoners make it out of their camp in what begins with hope and elation, but ends with all but a...

Tie-less

President Trump and Zelensky appear closer than ever

Three days ago, it looked as if Russian President Vladimir Putin had brought Donald Trump back to his side in the three-year-old war he has fought to illegally seize...

'Meet the President'

Zelensky knows he risks another White House ambush

The free world's most celebrated president is showing some mettle in agreeing to a meeting with the leader of the free world. When Volodymyr Zelensky walks into the Oval...

Kyiv mourns after deadliest attack in a year kills 31 people in Ukraine, including 5 children

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv observed an official day of mourning Friday, a day after a Russian drone and missile attack on the city killed 31 people, including five children,...

Trump sets new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to act on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump set a new deadline on Monday of 10 or 12 days for Russia to make progress toward ending the war in Ukraine or face consequences,...