President Trump arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday after delivering a campaign-style speech at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Trump's UAE visit makes him only the second serving American president to visit the country.

ISTANBUL − Russia's Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Turkey, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine's president said his defence minister would head up Kyiv's team.

As Ukraine-Russia negotiations unfold in Istanbul, Trump indicates he must be present for any discussions between Zelenskyy and Putin to take place.