“I stopped a war just today,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida for the weekend. He said his actions were made possible by his willingness to impose steep tariffs on countries around the world, which he has argued gives the U.S. great leverage on trade and diplomatic leverage.

Donald Trump has indicated his controversial Ukraine peace proposal is not set in stone, telling reporters on Saturday that the 28-point plan is "not my final offer". The admission came as European allies and American lawmakers lined up to criticise the deal,

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Trump on Sunday defended his proposed peace plan for Ukraine, saying the Russia–Ukraine war was the product of weak leadership in Washington and Kyiv — and insisting the conflict “would have never happened” under stronger leadership.

Donald Trump has signalled an interest in brokering a ceasefire in Sudan. But the country’s war economy may be too lucrative

US President Donald Trump again claimed credit for easing India-Pakistan tensions, stating he brokered peace deals and that PM Modi assured him of no

European leaders sought to buy time for Ukraine to work out a new ceasefire framework with Russia after the Trump administration set a one-week deadline to agree to terms that Kyiv and its allies rejected as an unacceptable giveaway to Moscow.