The United States monitors the India-Pakistan situation “every single day”, said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday, reiterating claims by American President Donald Trump of having helped in averting a nuclear escalation between countries.

Volodymyr Zelensky finds himself in an impossible bind: risk Donald Trump’s wrath or accept a quick deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine by paying the disastrous price of ceding territory for vague security guarantees.

US President Donald Trump, ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, asserted that the Ukrainian leader can end the war with Russia “if he wants to”.