LOS ANGELES.--Calling Ukraine’s 47-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the world’s greatest salesman, 78-year-old President Donald Trump wasn’t too concerned about 72-year-old President Vladimir Putin not showing up in Istanbul for direct talks with Zelensky.  Trump didn’t take Zelensky’s bait saying that EU and U.S. should slap Putin for not showing up in Istanbul when the scheduling was largely done through Zelensky and the media, saying Putin should go to Zelensky’s preferred appointment time.  Trump called...

LOS ANGELES.--Russian President Vladimir Putin, 72, sent a strong message to 47-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop shooting off his mouth publicly, making proclamations about Putin’s lack of sincerity in ending the Ukraine War if he doesn’t show up in Istanbul on his timetable.  Zelensky has been brow beating Putin publicly saying if he didn’t show up, the European Union and the United States should slap Putin with harsh economic sanctions.  So, Zelensky thinks he can dictate what the EU and U.S. does...

LOS ANGELES.--Striking European Hospital in Khan Younis, Israeli Defense Forces [IDF] hit a Hamas command-and-control center in the basement of the Hospital where its believed Hamas Gaza leader Mohammed Sinwar was present.  IDF has not yet confirmed whether the same bunker-buster bomb used to kill Hezbollah Supreme Leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah Sept. 27, 2024 was used in Khan Younis.  “[Mohammed] Sinwar was the most extreme figure in terms of negotiation positions for reaching a deal,” an official told the Jerusalem...

LOS ANGELES.--Ukraine’s 47-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would meet 72-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara on March 15, or if necessary, move the talks to Istanbul at Putin’s request.  Zelensky said previously he would not go to Turkey if Putin refused to attend.  Zelensky and an EU group led by French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that if Putin doesn’t attend the peace talks in Turkey, they would apply more economic...

LOS ANGELES.--President Donald Trump, 78, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on his first stop in a Mideast swing, said he would consider joining ceasefire talks in Istanbul if Russian President Vladimir Putin decides to meet directly with 47-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.  Trump wants both parties to sign a ceasefire deal and agree to a peace settlement to end the Ukraine War. Trump has worked feverishly on getting a settlement with both parties wrangling over minor details while more young Ukrainians and Russia...

LOS ANGELES.--Releasing 21-year-old Israeli-U.S. hostage Edan Alexander, Hamas said it made a humanitarian gesture to 78-year-old President Donald Trump on the eve of his return to the Mideast.  Alexander was captured on Oct. 7, 2023 the day Hamas massacred some 1,200 Israelis at a music festival in Negev Desert and kibbutzes near the Gaza border, taking 251 Israelis and others hostage.  Israel authorities said Edan was in good shape though he reports being tortured by his Hamas captives.  Speaking to her son after his...

LOS ANGELES.--Meeting in the Sultanate of Oman, President’s Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met for a fourth time to discuss Iran’s nuclear enrichment program considered an existential threat to Israel and U.S. interests. Trump served notice to Iran’s 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that he must negotiate with the U.S. on his nuke program or face the U.S. military, obviously something that got his attention.  When Trump was in office before, he cancelled...

LOS ANGELES.--Saying the 72-year-old President Vladimir Putin is at risk of “overplaying his hand,” former National Security advisor John Bolton cautioned Trump.  Bolton is often cited in the fake news because of his known hatred toward Trump.  Bolton was fired after a brief stint at National Security Adviser [2018-2019] under Trump’s first administration. Trump fired Bolton because he was advocating war in many foreign policy challenges, especially with Iran after Trump cancelled former President Barack Obama’s 2015 Nuke...

LOS ANGELES.--French President Emmanuel Macron, 47, likes to compete with 78-year-old President Donald Trump when it comes to clout on the world stage, this time pandering to 47-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, thinking that he’s getting the short end of the stick in Trump’s peace talks with 72-year-old President Vladimir Putin.  Trump was the only world leader that pushed for peace in Ukraine over the objections of Zelensky who wanted to keep the bottomless cash flowing from the United States now totaling...

LOS ANGELES.--Meeting in Kiev today with 47-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Eupopean partners led by 47-year-old French President Emmanuel Macron, 63-year-old U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and 69-year-old President Friedrich Merz essentially sabotaged a ceasefire and peace deal.  Zelensky’s European partners undermined 78-year-old President Donald Trump peace negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, threatening Russia with more sanctions if he doesn’t accept a 30-day ceasefire plan, demanding...