Us-russia Conflict

The United States will impose further sanctions on Russia, as it looks to the finance sector and Moscow's ability to produce energy.

US President Joe Biden will speak with European leaders on Friday as Washington intensifies its diplomatic efforts in the face of what it calls an increasingly likely Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The United States would welcome India's role in de-escalating the mounting tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a White House spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Russia's president said on Saturday that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and accusations of Russian meddling in US elections.

Russia warned on Friday that US cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have "extremely serious" consequences, as President Donald Trump's first major foray into a foreign conflict opened up a rift between Moscow and Washington.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are likely to discuss the sanctions that Washington imposed on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine when the two leaders speak by telephone on Saturday, a senior White House aide said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will speak by telephone on Saturday, the Kremlin said, a first step towards what Trump has billed as a normalisation of relations after three years of tensions sparked by the conflict in Ukraine.

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that despite US differences with Russia the two countries should continue to try and work toward joint conflict resolution in Syria and Ukraine.

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today warned of the risk of a US-Russian conflict breaking out over Syria, as he readied to travel to the region.

Hundreds of kilometres below on Earth, their governments are locked in a standoff over Ukraine -- but up in space, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts are still working together side by side.

On the streets of Damascus, a US-Russian deal on Syria's chemical weapons has brought relief and hope the end of the country's devastating 30-month conflict may be in sight.

The United States will impose further sanctions on Russia, as it looks to the finance sector and Moscow's ability to produce energy.

US President Joe Biden will speak with European leaders on Friday as Washington intensifies its diplomatic efforts in the face of what it calls an increasingly likely Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The United States would welcome India's role in de-escalating the mounting tensions between Russia and Ukraine, a White House spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Russia's president said on Saturday that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and accusations of Russian meddling in US elections.

Russia warned on Friday that US cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have "extremely serious" consequences, as President Donald Trump's first major foray into a foreign conflict opened up a rift between Moscow and Washington.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are likely to discuss the sanctions that Washington imposed on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine when the two leaders speak by telephone on Saturday, a senior White House aide said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will speak by telephone on Saturday, the Kremlin said, a first step towards what Trump has billed as a normalisation of relations after three years of tensions sparked by the conflict in Ukraine.

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that despite US differences with Russia the two countries should continue to try and work toward joint conflict resolution in Syria and Ukraine.

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today warned of the risk of a US-Russian conflict breaking out over Syria, as he readied to travel to the region.

Hundreds of kilometres below on Earth, their governments are locked in a standoff over Ukraine -- but up in space, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts are still working together side by side.

On the streets of Damascus, a US-Russian deal on Syria's chemical weapons has brought relief and hope the end of the country's devastating 30-month conflict may be in sight.