Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul by Atatürk’s government, capping a campaign begun in 1916 by Enver Pasha that ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had sent a team to Istanbul for the first direct peace talks with Russia in three years, but played down expectations of a breakthrough, saying Moscow ...

Volodymyr Zelensky has said Kyiv will send a delegation led by defence minister Rustem Umerov for direct talks with a Russian ...

In this handout photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with his ...

ISTANBUL, May 16. /TASS/. First direct talks between Russia and Ukraine since spring 2022 are expected to be held in Istanbul on Friday, although the Ukrainian delegation skipped the meeting on ...

When asked about the format of Friday’s talks, US Secretary of State said he planned to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and with the Ukrainian delegation ...

President Donald Trump has visited the main U.S. military base in the Middle East as he uses his four-day visit to Gulf ...

The Kremlin billed the Istanbul talks as a "restart" of peace negotiations held there in 2022 that quickly collapsed. Moscow ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Turkey for direct talks with Russia. But the Kremlin sent a lower-level delegation that doesn't include President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s snub of Thursday’s peace talks in Turkey shows how “unserious” the Kremlin is about ending ...

After five days of confusion over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for direct talks with Ukraine, the day they ...