India's equity benchmarks are set for a flat open on Wednesday, pausing after two sessions of gains driven by hopes of tax cuts, while Asian shares tracked a tech sell-off on Wall Street ahead of the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole conference.Gift Nifty futures (GIFc1) were trading at 24,967 as of 8:00 a.m. IST, indicating that the Nifty 50 NIFTY will open near Tuesday's close of 24,980.65.[1]Asian markets slipped, with the MSCI Asia ex-Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) losing 0.8%, following declines in U.S. equities as investors ditched high-flying tech stocks with their lofty valuations, an analyst said. On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived at the White House and met US President Donald Trump. A short while ago, European leaders too arrived here.This comes after the US President meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week. in the Oval Office before holding a joint session with leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union and Nato at 3 pm EDT (12:30 am IST, Tuesday). After landing in Washington on Sunday night, Zelenskyy thanked Trump for the invitation while firmly restating Ukraine’s position. “We all equally want to end this war swiftly and reliably. Russia must ...

Trump has demanded that India cease buying discounted Russian oil, arguing that it is "fueling the war machine" in the Ukraine conflict. (AI image) The Donald Trump administration has warned of higher secondary tariffs on India if the talks between the US President and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin don’t go well in Alaska on Friday. India at present faces a total 50% US tariffs for its exports to America.US President Donald Trump has imposed a 25% base line tariff on India and an additional 25% tariff for the latter’s crude oil trade with Russia. Experts widely believe that the 25% ...

Trump continuing efforts to end Russia-Ukraine war  CBS News

In August 2025, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Russian broadcaster RT circulated a video that claimed to authentically show a captured U.S. tank in Ukraine flying both U.S. and Russian flags.[1][2]Days before the video started circulating, Trump met[3] with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska in an unsuccessful bid to secure a peace deal in the war in Ukraine.RT said the footage showed a captured U.S. M113 armored personnel carrier near Mala Tochmacka, an embattled village in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The broadcaster claimed it had received the footage from a soldier in ...

WASHINGTON — Seven European leaders joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday in a rare display of trans-Atlantic unity. The gathering marked the first time in decades that such a broad delegation of allies had assembled at the White House under such pressing circumstances.Shortly after noon, one by one, the heads of state and NATO partners passed the White House gates, where they were met by President Donald Trump’s chief of protocol, and in Zelenskyy’s case, by Trump himself.Some met with Trump’s special envoy[1] for Ukraine and other officials that morning. Others made their way to the White House ...

Jake Horton & Nick BeakeBBC VerifyBBCAs President Donald Trump tries to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, he has been highlighting his track record in peace negotiations since starting his second term in office.Speaking at the White House on 18 August, where he was pressed by European leaders to push for a ceasefire, he claimed: "I've ended six wars… all of these deals I made without even the mention of the word 'ceasefire'."The following day the number he cited had risen to "seven wars". The Trump administration says a Nobel Peace Prize is "well past time" for the "peacemaker-in-chief", ...

Donald Trump has said American troops will not be sent to Ukraine, but the US may provide air support as part of a peace deal with Russia.A day after his extraordinary White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of Kyiv's[1] European allies, the US president[2] told Fox News "when it comes to security, [Europeans] are willing to put people on the ground. We're willing to help them with things, especially, probably, by air".Ukraine war - follow the latest developments[3]Mr Trump did not elaborate, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters US air support was ...

WASHINGTON — Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered the largest drone strike on Ukraine in a month on Monday night — just as he hung up the phone with President Trump[1] in a call discussing next steps for peace.As Trump celebrated his significant progress[2] toward ending Russia’s war on Ukraine in White House meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders on Monday, Moscow launched 270 drones and 10 missiles into the war-torn neighbor’s territory.It came after at least 14 civilians were killed and more than 50 others were injured in a similar Russian strike ahead of the Monday meeting.Among ...

There are many more ways in which a peace process can fail than succeed. But for either to happen, it first needs to start. And that is often the most difficult step.But after his big summit in the White House, Donald Trump[1] seems to have pulled off the unthinkable: A summit has been organized between Vladimir Putin[2] and Volodymyr Zelensky[3] which would kick-start peace negotiations.What did it take to get here? While a cease-fire will not be a precondition, the Europeans have been granted some of the assurances they wanted on security guarantees. Whether these can be enforced is an ...