Day: January 3, 2026

Ukraine is hosting security advisers for crunch talks on Saturday as Kyiv insists negotiations are zeroing in on a deal, while Russia claims a deadly New Year strike torpedoed the efforts, Azernews reports, citing Arab News.

The war between Russia and Ukraine has increasingly threatened trade in the Black Sea in recent months, and bringing the conflict to a peaceful end as soon as possible remains a sincere aspiration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, Azernews reports, citing Turkish media.

Russia has expressed deep concern over what it described as an armed act of aggression by the United States against Venezuela, condemning the reported attack, Azernews reports, citing international media outlets.