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Dubai on Thursday pledged Dh150 million ($40.8 million) to support humanitarian campaigns across the country, including efforts to deliver life-saving health care and offer a lifeline to war-hit civilians in the Gaza Strip . The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives will provide the funds to 11 UAE-based charitable groups to strengthen their cruc

Washington has called Russian President Vladimir Putin many things since his 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Joe Biden branded him “a butcher”, a “murderous dictator” and a “pure thug”. Four years later, the White House has a new adjective for the man wanted by the International Criminal Court: humanitarian. President Donald Trump ’s peace envoy Steve Witkoff used

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Brandi Carlile will be the recipient of the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual Visionary Award for Humanitarian Work, to be given out at the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards Gala in December, the organization has announced. Carlile’s honor will be part of the dinner and awards show that takes place Dec. 6 at downtown […]

The U.S. envoy’s remarks in Russia sparked fury among Ukraine’s supporters, but they follow President Trump’s strategy for ending the Ukraine war.

<p>Steve Witkoff’s flattery of the Russian leader could be just the start of a mendacious stratagem from a US president who says Moscow ‘has been fine on Ukraine’</p><p>They say the first casualty of war is truth. For the Trump administration, the road to peace with Russia now encompasses some extraordinary lies.</p><p>Steve Witkoff delivered one as he sat d

The vice president called Steve Witkoff "a diplomat" and said he was in Russia to get a job done.

The deal to free Stephen Hubbard, who was imprisoned after being captured in Ukraine during Russia’s 2022 invasion, comes as the Kremlin says Moscow is ready to resume talks on ending the war.

Russia freed an American citizen it had detained for years after U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the future of the Ukraine war. Nina Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and a professor of international affairs at The New School, weighs in.

After special envoy Steve Witkoff told Putin he was a "humanitarian" for releasing a U.S. citizen deemed to have been wrongfully detained, GOP Sen. John Cornyn responded, "No. Putin is a stone cold killer."

US envoy Steve Witkoff praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a ‘humanitarian’.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff called President Vladimir Putin "a humanitarian" after the Russian leader released a U.S. citizen who had been imprisoned by Russia since 2022. Former U.S. ambassador William Taylor shares his thoughts.

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff landed in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning, a Kremlin aide confirmed.

Donald Trump's envoy praises Russian leader in visit to St. Petersburg.

Speaking in Oslo on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Washington had reaffirmed its commitment to providing Ukraine with security guarantees.