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“We see eye-to-eye with the coalition on this one”. Because perception shapes reality, everything is normal, nothing has to be done, and Putin – having supposedly restored Russia’s dignity – can enjoy his approval ratings of more than 80 percent.

Obama administration officials say they continued to aggressively enforce sanctions against Iran throughout the negotiations, are still doing so, and will strictly enforce the remaining sanctions after the deal is implemented.

David Cameron has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is making “a awful mistake” by sending jets to prop up Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad.

The USA and Russian Federation agree on the need to fight the Islamic State but not about what to do with President Bashar Assad. Sure enough, on Wednesday, Russian jets began bombing targets in Syria.

Hollande said this meeting “is being held in a different format” from the previous one, referring to the ceasefire in Donbas.

The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) spotted the powerful TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher in Luhansk.

Poroshenko also proposed the convening of a special session of the UN General Assembly dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster.

Under the deal on small weapon withdrawal, the Ukrainian government and rebel forces should pull tanks, mortars and artillery of less than 100 millimeter caliber back 15 kilometers from the contact line.

A Kiev court has extended the detention of two Russian servicemen captured in eastern Ukraine in May, ruling that they will remain in jail for at least two more months. The deal supplements a broad agreement signed in February aimed at ending the conflict between the...

“Ukraine needs solidarity and assistance, which is a powerful instrument against aggression and injustice”, he said.

The guest list is out for President Obama’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) and it’s a high-powered mashup of Hollywood, diplomacy and big business.

While Syria is the key talking point at this year’s gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York, efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine continue.

He spoke of only two possible outcomes for a settlement in Syria, saying a transitional council reached through a political process would be the “preferred option”.

Rouhani said that Iran would continue “peace-seeking efforts in the region” after having signed a deal on its nuclear program.

The Chinese president is leaving New York for Beijing on Monday afternoon after a three-day stay in the metropolis for a series of activities at the United Nations headquarters and a four-day state visit to the, his first since assuming office in 2013.