15 articles tagged with #diplomacy
PoliticsIran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, blaming the United States for the failure of Middle East peace talks while Putin promised Russian support in ending the conflict.
PoliticsIsraeli Ambassador Michael Leiter appeared on CBS's Face the Nation on April 12, 2026, with host Margaret Brennan - a high-profile platform for Israel's top U.S. diplomat at a critical moment in the bilateral relationship.
PoliticsVP JD Vance returned from a U.S. delegation trip to Islamabad without a deal, telling Fox News the next step toward ending U.S.-Iran hostilities is now up to Tehran.
PoliticsXi Jinping personally guided Donald Trump through Zhongnanhai, the heavily fortified Beijing compound where China's Communist Party leadership lives and works, as the US president's China visit drew to a close.
PoliticsTrump pulled the plug on a planned round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Pakistan after Iranian officials reportedly departed before American diplomats Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner could even arrive.
PoliticsPakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif has offered to host the next round of Iran-US peace talks, as Donald Trump hints a deal could soon reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
PoliticsA Chinese state-linked think tank published a detailed coexistence roadmap for the US and China on the exact day Trump arrived in Beijing - because subtlety is apparently optional in superpower diplomacy.
PoliticsEmmanuel Macron is in Nairobi for the Africa Forward Summit, France's latest bid to reframe its relationship with Africa through business, diplomacy, and culture - as Paris looks to rebuild influence after a rough few years on the continent.
PoliticsIran is reportedly trying to use the Trump-Xi summit as a backdoor to advance its interests, leveraging its relationship with Beijing to wage influence on the global stage, according to analysis from The Hill.
PoliticsTrump and Brazil's Lula met behind closed doors for several hours at the White House, after which a planned press availability was canceled without any explanation, leaving reporters and observers completely in the dark.
PoliticsThe US and Iran are holding direct talks in Switzerland on a potential initial peace deal, even as fighting continues in Lebanon and Iran claims to have shut the critical Strait of Hormuz oil chokepoint.
PoliticsChina's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Brazil to 'jointly repel external challenges' as the two nations held high-level strategic talks in Beijing, signaling a deepening partnership amid rising global trade tensions.
PoliticsPresident Trump called both Putin and Zelenskyy as the war in Ukraine continues, telling Russia's leader the conflict needs to end. Zelenskyy says more detailed talks will follow at the G7 summit.
PoliticsTrump and Xi are sitting down for a summit, and the geopolitical stakes could not be higher. The Diplomat breaks down what the world can realistically expect from the meeting.
PoliticsTrump says a peace deal with Iran is 'largely negotiated,' but Iran's Fars news agency says the Strait of Hormuz - through which 20% of global oil flows - will stay under Iranian control. Small detail, perhaps.
