(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK agreed in a phone call on Monday to set the end of August as the de facto deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran, Axios reported, citing three sources. If no deal is.

!! FT reports Trump wants Ukraine to hit Moscow with long-range weapons:. Two people familiar with the conversation between Trump and Zelenskyy said the US president had asked his Ukrainian counterpart whether he could hit military targets deep inside Russia if he provided.

Russia's FM Lavrov taking Trump's sanctions threat in stride so far this morning:.* I HAVE NO DOUBT WE WILL COPE WITH NEW SANCTIONS.* WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE U.S. PRESIDENT IS MOVED BY.

Germany’s defmin arrives at the Pentagon

RT @JasonMBrodsky: It's hard to keep up with all these mysterious fires and explosions in #Iran: today there have been ones in Karaj, Qom,….

Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit -

Reuters) - Germany is cautiously optimistic ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's planned statement on Ukraine, with the expectation being that the U.S. and European countries would cooperate on getting further air defence systems to Ukraine, a German government official said.

(Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Saturday that she was in talks with five Republican-led states to build another detention site inspired by the "Alligator Alcatraz" facility in Florida. "We've had several other states that are actually using.

(Reuters) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defends wartime censorship in an interview with Russian magazine Expert: "Now is the time of military censorship, unprecedented for our country. After all, the war is going on in the information space too.".

(Reuters) - The positive trend in Russia-U.S. relations continues and has not faded, although the U.S. administration is acting in a zigzag manner, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the RIA news agency in remarks published on Friday. "No, I do not agree that.

TRUMP TELLS NBC NEWS: . * I’M DISAPPOINTED IN RUSSIA, BUT WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. * I THINK I’LL HAVE A MAJOR STATEMENT TO MAKE ON RUSSIA ON MONDAY. * WE’RE SENDING WEAPONS TO NATO, AND NATO IS PAYING FOR THOSE WEAPONS, 100%. * NATO IS GOING TO BE.

Zelenskiy says he may appoint defence minister as Ukraine's ambassador to US.

UK SAYS ALLIES HAVE PLANS IN PLACE FOR A FUTURE COORDINATION CELL IN KYIV.

UK SAYS UKRAINE COALITION OF THE WILLING WILL HAVE A NEW PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS.

(Reuters) - A senior Ukrainian security officer was gunned down in a residential parking lot in Kyiv on Thursday before his assailant fled on foot in broad daylight, according to authorities and video footage verified by Reuters. Kyiv's police force said it was working to.

(Reuters) - Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones early on Wednesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually sharp criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin. The attack was the latest in a series.

Netanyahu arrives at the Pentagon

(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg in Rome on Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader's spokesperson said, shortly after Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv. The two were.

MORE: . (Reuters) - The head of France's foreign intelligence service said on Tuesday that some of Iran's highly enriched uranium stocks were destroyed by American and Israeli strikes, but there was no certainty on where the rest was now located. Speaking in an interview on LCI.

French intelligence chief: no certainty on whereabouts of Iran's uranium stocks.