President Trump declared the U.S. will promptly withdraw from mediating a Russia-Ukraine agreement if a ceasefire isn’t achieved soon. This follows Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statement in Paris that Washington might abandon peace efforts within days without clear progress.

The Indian armed forces are facing significant operational challenges due to the grounding of approximately 330 ‘Dhruv’ ALH helicopters, exacerbating existing shortages caused by the obsolete Cheetah and Chetak choppers. This disruption has severely impacted military operations, especially sustenance flights to forward areas and reconnaissance missions.

The United States will roughly halve the number of troops it has deployed in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, the Pentagon said Friday.