The United States is preparing a further round of sanctions on Russia's energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday,

Russia has tried to get concessions from Ukraine for this region but this would mean Kyiv giving up its Fortress Belt, the fortified defensive line which is the backbone of Ukraine’s defenses and Zelensky’s comments reiterated this as a non-starter.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda agreed in December to bring an end to conflict in eastern Congo, where millions of people have died and multitudes have been displaced over the past three decades.

President Donald Trump praised the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda for their courage as they signed onto a deal aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Congo.

A long-awaited U.S.-brokered peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda will be signed in Washington on Thursday — but the reality on the ground tells a different story.

The fighting comes only six weeks after Trump, along with Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim, oversaw the signing of the ceasefire deal at a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur, in which the U.S. president was thanked for his role.

U.N. experts warn that the treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president is further eroding a 2018 peace agreement he signed with President Salva Kiir.

BRITISH troops are being readied to deploy to Ukraine with peace talks now more advanced than ever, the UK’s Defence Secretary has declared. The US-led push for an end to the gruelling