German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says U.S. talks on Russia-Ukraine war are in a "deadlock," while Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the parties are making progress.

Germany's chief diplomat is describing U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine as deadlocked.

China, Russia, and Iran met to call for an end to U.S. Sanctions on Iran and conducted joint naval drills in the Gulf of Oman. China continues to present itself as a potential peace-broker in the