The Kremlin said Monday it was focused on "serious" ways to achieve long-term peace with Ukraine, but did not comment on Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky's invitation for a personal meeting with Vladimir Putin.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday announced its dissolution, saying it was ending its armed struggle against the Turkish state and drawing a line under its deadly four-decade insurgency.

Iran and the United States wrapped up nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday with no apparent breakthrough in a public standoff over enrichment, but with both sides confirming plans for future negotiations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday urged Russia to accept a 30-day truce proposed by Kyiv's allies, adding he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend peace talks in Turkey.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday he hoped the fourth round of nuclear talks with the United States would reach a "decisive point".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he believed that Moscow had started to consider ending the war in Ukraine but would need to commit to a ceasefire first.

Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of deadly jet fighter, missile, drone and artillery attacks -- news surprisingly announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, who congratulated them on using "common sense".

Pakistan on Saturday launched counterattacks against India after three of its air bases were struck overnight, as the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors spiraled toward full-blown war.

The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks Sunday in Oman ahead of a visit to the region by Donald Trump, whose key negotiator staked out an increasingly hard line on the issue of uranium enrichment.

A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship has accused Columbia University of eroding democracy with its handling of campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.

Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, who led anti-war protests at the Ivy League school in New York in 2023 and 2024, spent 16 days in a Vermont prison before a judge ordered him released on April 30. He spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday, a day after pro-Palestinian protestors clashed with campus security guards inside the university's main library. At least 80 people were taken into custody, police said.