Russia and Ukraine 'very close to deal', says Trump
NEW YORK, Apr 26 (BBC): US President Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine "are very close to a deal", hours after his envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Moscow.Trump said it had been a "good day" of negotiations, while the Kremlin described the talks...
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Senior Russian general killed in car bomb near Moscow
MOSCOW, Apr 26 (AP): A Russian general was killed by a car bomb on Friday, Russia's top criminal investigation agency said, in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in four months.The Investigative Committee said that Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational...
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Iran-US nuclear talks resume in Oman
MUSCAT, Apr 26 (Reuters): Top Iranian and US negotiators began a new round of indirect talks on Saturday to hammer out a deal curbing Tehran's nuclear programme, while US President Donald Trump signalled confidence in clinching a new pact that would block Iran's path to a nuclear bomb.Experts met first...
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Suspected chemical blast at Iran's port kills 4, hurts hundreds
TEHRAN, Apr 26 (Reuters): A huge blast on Saturday likely caused by the explosion of chemical materials stored at Iran's biggest port, Bandar Abbas, killed at least four people and injured more than 500, Iranian state media reported.The explosion, which hit the Shahid Rajaee section of the port, occurred as...
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