Turkey is deploying all-out diplomatic efforts to secure a Russia-Ukraine deal, to ease Syria's relations with the West and facilitate Iranian nuclear talks, its diplomatic standing burnished by Donald Trump's approval.

Ahead of peace talks in Turkey, the 'manipulative' Russian president has been secretive about his attendance. Two experts explain his thinking

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is playing master manipulator President Vladimir Putin at his own game. The big question: Will the Russian president go to Istanbul? Zelensky has challenged Russia’s president to personally attend talks with him in the Turkish city on Thursday.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the possibility of scrapping his Middle East travel schedule and adding a stop to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Turkey.