Joe Biden

French, German and Ukrainian leaders are to discuss a last-ditch peace bid for east Ukraine with Vladimir Putin on Feb. 8, after the US called for "deeds" from the Russian leader accused of masterminding the conflict.
       

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and US Vice President Joe Biden have both taken a stance that the Ukraine crisis is likely to destabilize the situation in Bulgaria on Saturday. Discussions also proceeded with matters of energy security and opportunitites for key reforms.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin, it emerged on Thursday.

According to a statement released by the Russian government, a telephone conversation took place on Thursday afternoon. The Russian leader congratulated the Greek premier on his recent election and invited him to visit Moscow. Tsipras accepted the invitation.

US Secretary of State John Kerry was due in Kyiv Feb. 5 for talks focussing on the possibility of arming Ukrainian forces, a day after four civilians were killed when a hospital in east Ukraine was shelled.
       

It is the first time I see them talking so honestly. I?ll share my impressions from the talks I had in Washington and explain how relations are deteriorating.

It is the first time I see them talking so honestly. I?ll share my impressions from the talks I had in Washington and explain how relations are deteriorating.

Dignitaries and leaders from around the world were to arrive in Saudi Arabia Jan. 24 to offer their condolences to its new King Salman, a day after the death of his half-brother King Abdullah.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with a total of 17 foreign representatives, including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, on the sidelines of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 1.

Çavuşoğlu first held meetings with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Maliki and Mali Foreign Minister Abdullay Deyub in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia.

Thousands of officers paid homage Dec. 27 at the New York funeral of one of their own, in an emotional show of solidarity from a group that has felt targeted by recent protests over police violence.
      

As his first 100 days in office show, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has certainly lived up to his words of being a “sweating president,” as he had claimed before he was voted in as Turkey’s first ever directly elected president in August.