We had Wyckoff meeting with senior officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar to advance the talks on the second phase of this Gaza plan. What do we know about those talks. Well, we have a reading from Whitcomb himself, a statement he put out at the end of those talks, saying effectively that those cowards.It's worth remembering that when it comes to Egypt and Qatar, these are long term mediators between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Turkey is on the periphery. It wants to be a stakeholder that is resisted by Israe ...

Geopolitical Risk Aversion - The Hungarian government claims to have averted the immediate risk of war by preventing Europe from issuing a declaration of war on Russia using Russian assets [1] - Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic (V3 cooperation) have decided not to participate in granting a war loan to Ukraine [2] - The Hungarian government states it will not allow Hungarian taxpayers' money to be used to finance Ukraine [3] Financial Implications - The Hungarian government claims that participating in the plan to use Russian assets would have imposed a financial burden of 1 trillion HUF (Hungarian Forint) on Hungary [1] - Hungary's share of the proposed war loan to Ukraine would have been more than 400 billion HUF [2] - Other European countries may have to cover the repayment of the €90 billion loan to Ukraine if Ukraine is unable to repay [2]

By the end of “The Odyssey”, the titular character has learnt from his mistakes and his land is, finally, at peace. If he can do it, then perhaps there is hope for the world in 2026 https://t.co/DA9iykOa2L ...

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani praised her US counterpart Donald Trump for supporting peace in the Western Balkans and wider region of Europe https://t.co/lclDbmte1k ...

Donald Trump pursues peace in much the way he has waged war in places such as Yemen and Iran: loudly, dramatically and quickly, with little evidence of sustained attention https://t.co/kKqTCr0Pl5 ...

The top US commander on the Korean peninsula says regular exercises between the allies are “absolutely” necessary to maintain peace and impose pressure on North Korea https://t.co/PBnHqAlhd6 ...

Donald Trump has renamed the United States Institute of Peace after himself. Although the president’s approach to pursuing ceasefires may pause the world’s conflicts, it will not end them https://t.co/4J4fFfw5ev ...

Donald Trump’s bids to make peace in Ukraine tend to follow a pattern. The latest round is not too different—but the sides have hardened their positions and raised the stakes https://t.co/kog9Ve0Osx ...

Peace is closer for Ukraine now than at any time since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in early 2022, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said https://t.co/PPFG7SLLtv ...

Finland is part of the European Union. Uh and we would hope that uh there was a possibility very soon in the future to really deepen our trade uh ties between uh Europe and and the US. Um Europe has not imposed any tariffs on on the United States.There's 15 on on Europe. Um there are many things we should uh try and work out together. Reducing red tape is an interest on both sides, but we should do that um in friendship and at the same time we should impose tariffs and sanctions on the true adversaries we f ...