"These associations are unsubstantiated and malicious. From the perspective of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Trump is a criminal who must be prosecuted and punished in a court of law for ordering the assassination of General Soleimani," the mission said. "Iran has chosen the legal path to bring him to justice."

“We scheduled this meeting today specifically to make it comfortable for you to attend,” Lavrov specified before the talks began.

"I don't love sanctions," Trump said as quoted by Bloomberg News in an interview published Tuesday.

"We are so stupid, what we do. You know, I had no problems with China. I had no problems with Russia. I had no problems with anybody. Because we, at this moment, have a country that has a lot of economic power. We’re losing that power rapidly. Rapidly. We’re also losing our standard—you know, they’re going off the dollar," Trump said, noting the trend towards de-dollarization in the Global South.

"I spent more time with Xi Jinping of China than any other world leader!" the president dubiously claimed at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"For more than a decade, Sue Mi Terry, the defendant, who previously served as an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency and as a senior official of the White House National Security Council, has worked as an agent of the Government of the Republic of Korea, also known as South Korea," US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in the indictment.

“We're gonna cap rent increases at 5% a year so corporate landlords can't ... godge(?) ... Anyway, I don't wanna get going. I'm gonna get very upset,” Biden said suddenly, abruptly changing the subject.

“This is the final straw. Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas,” Musk said in an X post.

"All pro-war politicians of Europe popped up immediately after this peace mission has been started. And they have threatened us with boycotting, with not negotiating with each other, with neglecting us. But you know, these kinds of attacks do not discourage us from the continuation of the Peace Mission. They encourage us to put more efforts on helping a peaceful solution of this war in Ukraine," the minister said when asked whether the Hungarian presidency of the EU received any threats after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's peace mission.

"So, since we are a patriotic government, we are a government which does not represent mainstream, we are under financial sanctions of the European Union. So, I don't see how they could threaten us more than so far," Szijjarto said.

"China is ready to cooperate with Hungary to gather more forces in support of peace, raise more rational voices, and contribute to the development of the situation [in Ukraine] toward a political settlement," the Chinese Foreign Ministry quoted Wang as saying.

"Szijjarto delivered views on the current environment, the Ukraine crisis in particular, and Hungary's recent efforts," the ministry said.