Reeling from shocks delivered by the Trump administration last week, European leaders held emergency talks in Paris on Monday as US and Russian officials prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the war in Ukraine – without European or Ukrainian involvement.

Saudi Arabia’s hosting of top American and Russian officials for a high-stakes rapprochement meeting underlines the kingdom’s aspirations to become a global actor capable of successfully mediating international conflicts.

It's evening now in Paris, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine, three of the places that have been key in today's development's on the war in Ukraine. European leaders, including from the UK, Germany and EU ...

European leaders meet in Paris amid concerns over US President Donald Trump’s push for bilateral talks with Russia.

Elsewhere, European leaders are preparing for an emergency summit in France as the continent responds to US moves on Ukraine.

The kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was once shunned in diplomatic circles. Now he is playing an important role in negotiations over Gaza and Ukraine.

Top US and Russian diplomats will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their countries' fractured relations and making a tentative start on trying to end the Ukraine war.Both sides played down the chances that the first high-level meeting between the countries since US President Donald Trump took office would result in a breakthrough.

European leaders were shocked by the hostility of JD Vance’s scathing speech in Munich criticizing Europe’s exclusion of far-right groups from power.

Saudi Arabia, the host of today’s U.S.-Russia talks, as well as possibly a follow-up summit featuring Presidents Trump and Putin, used to be little more than a top Mideast oil pump. Now it is pushing itself to the apex of the diplomatic world.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the “main European countries” would meet on Monday to discuss European security.

European leaders will be meanwhile meeting in Paris to discuss a coordinated response to the talks in Saudi Arabia, having been left out of direct participation – a signal from Washington that ...