US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting together at Riyadh's Diriyah Palace, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 18, 2025. Top U.S. and Russian diplomats met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their countries' fractured relations and making a tentative start on trying to end the Ukraine war. Evelyn Hockstein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
An airman aboard a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources plane looks on as a Chinese Navy helicopter flies close by above Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, on Feb. 18, 2025. A Chinese Navy helicopter nearly collided with a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources plane in the latest flare-up of tensions between the two countries in the disputed waters. The incident occurred when the Chinese Navy deployed a helicopter to tail the Philippine civilian plane, which was conducting a routine maritime domain awareness flight over Scarborough Shoal, located within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
