U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his NATO counterparts meet in Turkey on Thursday to prepare a pivotal summit of alliance leaders next month that will set the course for future European security as America focuses on challenges elsewhere.

By Erin Banco, Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON/RIYADH/ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's senior envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg will travel to Istanbul for potential talks on Thursday on how to end the war in Ukraine,

U.S. President Donald Trump won't travel to Turkey on Thursday for proposed direct talks between Russia and Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin will evidently not be attending.