Jose Gonzalo Sanchez, the second in command of Colombia’s powerful Clan del Golfo criminal group, has died after a boat accident in the country’s northwest while traveling on activities linked to peace talks with the government, according to statements from both authorities and the armed group.
Sanchez, better known by the alias Gonzalito, drowned on Friday when the boat he was aboard overturned on the Esmeralda River in Cordoba department. The Clan del Golfo confirmed the incident in a statement released on Sunday, saying the vessel capsized while navigating the river.
Colombia’s Office of the High Commissioner for Peace acknowledged …
Russia launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early Saturday, injuring civilians and triggering air raid alerts just hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was set to engage U.S.-led diplomacy aimed at ending the nearly four-year war.
The bombardment came as Zelenskiy prepared for a high-stakes meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida, which Ukrainian officials say could shape the contours of a potential ceasefire and broader peace framework. Zelenskiy has described the talks as critical to resolving the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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The Kremlin confirmed on Friday that senior Russian and U.S. officials have held direct discussions after Moscow received American proposals outlining a potential path toward ending the war in Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia’s top foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, recently spoke by phone with several members of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. While the Kremlin did not disclose the timing or participants in the call, it acknowledged that the talks followed the delivery of U.S. peace proposals to Moscow.
The disclosure signals renewed diplomatic engagement between Washington and Moscow as efforts intensify to explore a …
US President Donald Trump’s overseas envoy will travel to Berlin this weekend for high level talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and senior European leaders, as Washington pushes to secure a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine before Christmas.
Steve Witkoff, who has led the White House’s diplomatic outreach to both Kyiv and Moscow, is expected to present the latest version of a US backed peace proposal during meetings in the German capital, according to officials familiar with the plans.
The Berlin talks mark a critical moment in negotiations that have gathered pace in recent weeks but …
But the Taliban, who have fought a guerrilla campaign against both since they were forced from power in 2001, did not mention a truce as they came to the negotiating table.
The head of the peace process for the Afghan government suggested to AFP that the Taliban
