HELSINKI — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was expected to pay an official visit to Finland on Wednesday, the office of the Finnish president said in a statement. Mr. Zelensky was invited to hold talks in Helsinki with Finland’s president, Sauli Niinistö, on “Ukraine’s defense struggle and Finland’s support for Ukraine,” among other matters, the […]
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Saudi and Iranian Foreign Ministers Meet in China After Thaw
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Iran held talks in Beijing on Thursday in the highest-level meeting between the regional rivals since they cut ties seven years ago, discussing the resumption of flights and the reopening of diplomatic missions. In a joint statement, the two governments said that given their natural resources and economic […]
Biden and Trudeau to Meet in Canada for a Summit Meeting
OTTAWA — President Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada began a one-day summit meeting Friday morning as Mr. Biden prepared to deliver an address to Parliament Hill and the two leaders were set to announce a new agreement aimed at confronting a migration surge at their borders. The day of official meetings, speeches […]
Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Xi and Putin Meet in Moscow
The Biden administration vowed last month to crack down on companies that sell critical technologies to Russia as part of its efforts to curtail the country’s war against Ukraine. But the continued flow of Chinese drones to the country explains why that will be hard. While drone sales have slowed, American policies put in place […]
Blinken and Lavrov Meet at G20 Summit: Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates
A Russian partisan group with ties to the Ukrainian military claimed on Thursday that it had briefly taken control of a small border village, in what would represent a rare known example of saboteurs crossing into Russia to carry out an operation. President Vladimir V. Putin canceled a scheduled trip to the Caucasus region to […]
West Bank Attack Kills 2 Israelis as Middle East Officials Meet in Jordan
JERUSALEM — Hours after a Palestinian gunman fatally shot two Israeli brothers as they drove through a town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, Jewish settlers went on a rampage in the area to avenge the killings, stoning and burning dozens of Palestinian homes, stores and cars. The shooting occurred early Sunday afternoon on […]
CIA Director Burns Visited Ukraine to Meet With Zelensky
William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, traveled to Kyiv last week for secret consolations with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, according to two U.S. officials. Since just before the invasion, Mr. Burns has made periodic visits to Ukraine to meet with intelligence officials and to convey information to Mr. Zelensky. Mr. Burns, whose trip was […]
Ukraine Asks for More Weapons as U.S. and Allies Meet to Discuss Aid
BRUSSELS — Ukraine is redoubling its pleas for more advanced weapons like tanks and air defense missiles in a pivotal week of diplomacy involving its American and European allies, as they debate how best to help Kyiv’s forces take the battlefield initiative ahead of an expected new Russian offensive. Ukraine’s new push began in earnest […]
Zelensky Will Meet With Biden in Washington and Address Congress, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will meet with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday and later deliver a prime-time address to a joint session of Congress, a daring trip abroad intended to reaffirm American support for his country, White House officials announced late Tuesday night. “Three hundred days ago, Russia launched […]
Meet the ‘Closer’ Who Finds the Right Words When Climate Talks Hit a Wall
When President Donald J. Trump came into office promising to withdraw from the Paris Agreement (which he ultimately did), Ms. Biniaz left the government. She joined Yale Law School as a lecturer and led an unofficial diaspora of officials from the Obama administration who worked to protect the Paris Agreement through the Trump years, reminding […]