Srilanka, Aug. 28 -- Speculation is rife about a deal between the United States and Iran after a C17 US military aircraft carrying CIA Director John Ratcliffe landed in Moscow on Tuesday. There are numerous issues to be thrashed out between the two big powers that were superpower rivals during the five decade Cold War.

Some believe the talks concern the Ukraine war, which President Donald Trump had boasted he would end within his first week in office but failed to do. The war is not going well for Russia, with European powers enhancing their military and political support for Ukraine even as the US scales down its backing. The visit came amid an escalation in the Russia Ukraine conflict, with Ukraine demonstrating its newly gained milit...