Hopes that Ukraine and Russia’s leaders would meet for peace talks in Turkey on Thursday were dashed as Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump opted to skip the trip. Keir Simmons reports.

An end to U.S. sanctions on Syria is expected to mark a new era for an economy devastated by 13 years of war, opening the way for investment flows from the Syrian diaspora, Turkey, and Gulf states that back the new government.

"We want to want to be sure that he is not a terrorist anymore," senior Israeli official told Newsweek of Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa.

Rumeysa Ozturk has been detained for over six weeks after co-writing an op-ed criticising her school's response to the Israel-Gaza war A US federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately release a Tufts University student from Turkey who has been held for over six weeks in a Louisiana immigration detention facility after

U.S. President Donald Trump began a meeting with Syria's president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to a Washington Post pool report, after a surprise U.S. announcement it would lift all sanctions on the Islamist-led government.