The US and Hamas held their first direct talks since the Gaza ceasefire as part of efforts to advance the fragile US-brokered agreement, two Hamas sources said.

MOSCOW, April 8 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday welcomed a two-week ceasefire agreed between the United States and Iran, and said Russia hopes that the U.S. will now have the time and scope to resume three-way peace talks on Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticised Russia for answering his offer of an Easter truce with airstrikes on Wednesday but he praised as “positive” fresh talks with U.S. mediators aimed at resolving the four-year conflict.

Trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US, and Russia aimed at ending the war have been postponed for now. They have not been canceled, but have been delayed due to the situation in the Middle East, according to Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

A delegation led by senior US advisor Aryeh Lightstone met Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo earlier this week