July 4 message from Putin to Obama: Let’s have better ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday in a July Fourth message to President Barack Obama that he hopes ties between the two countries will get back on track. Relations between Moscow and Washington hit a post-Cold War low in 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and threw its weight behind separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Britain rattles postwar European order and its place as a pillar of stability

Britain's historic vote to leave the European Union is already threatening to unravel a democratic bloc of nations that has coexisted peacefully together for decades. But it is also generating uncertainty about an even bigger issue: Is the post-1945 order imposed on the world by the United States and its allies unraveling, too? Britain's choice to retreat into what some critics of the vote suggest is a "Little England" status is just one among many loosely linked developments suggesting the potential for a reordering of power, economic relationships, borders and ideologies around the globe.

Vladimir Putin says that Russian will work with whoever is elected US president

He said Moscow is unfazed by the often anti-Russia 'campaign rhetoric' and will judge the new president 'by their deeds, not by their words' Asked about his view of Hillary Clinton, Putin dodged direct comment, but spoke highly of Bill Clinton, saying he was grateful to him for his help Putin earlier on Friday dodged the question of whether he would prefer Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton as the new commander-in-chief. He said Moscow is unfazed by the often anti-Russia 'campaign rhetoric' and will judge the new president 'by their deeds, not by their words'.

Vladimir Putin suggests PM may have called referendum ‘to blackmail Europe’

Vladimir Putin has suggested David Cameron may have called a referendum on the EU "to blackmail Europe", in his first major intervention in the Brexit debate. Politicians including Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond have speculated that Mr Putin would relish a Brexit as a way of weakening the European Union and allowing Russia greater scope to reassert itself.

In US ‘information war,’ is social media the new ‘Uncle Sam’ poster?

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for the formation of a committee to consider creation of a new office to counter online propaganda from Russia and China. Diagrams from a Harvard academic study finding the Chinese government posts about 488 million social media posts a year to influence opinions about the country are displayed on a computer screen in Beijing in May. A group of US lawmakers are calling for a new committee to counter online propaganda from Russia and China.

Building Bridges of Peace instead of Fear-Citizen Diplomacy with Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko want world peace. Russia is the largest country in the world , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, nearly twice as large as the United States and has extensive mineral and energy resources, the largest reserves in the world.

Obama, Putin, agree to continue seeking deal on Syria new

President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday failed to force a breakthrough in negotiations over a cease-fire for Syria, but agreed to keep looking for a path to provide humanitarian relief to thousands of besieged civilians in the civil war-ravaged country. After a 90-minute huddle on the sidelines of an economic summit, the two leaders directed their top diplomats to return to talks quickly, likely later this week, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on the meeting.

Timeline: Key moments between Trump and Putin

A timeline of key events in the relationship between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin , as well as allegations about Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, in advance of their meeting on Friday: Donald Trump, celebrity businessman and reality TV star, tweets "Do you think Putin will be going to The Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow - if so, will he become my new best friend?" American intelligence agencies believe that Russian intelligence penetrated the Democratic National Committee networks this month and continued to have access until at least June 2016.

Erdogan to brief G-20 leaders on coup attempt, Gulenists fight

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will use the upcoming G-20 Summit in China as an opportunity to brief the world's most powerful leaders on the failed coup attempt on July 15 and the country's ongoing fight against the Fethullahist Terror Organization , his spokesman has said. "Our president will find the opportunity to inform his counterparts on the coup attempt and fight against FETO during the G-20 Summit and his bilateral talks," Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kal n told reporters at a press conference on Aug. 31. The G-20 Summit will be held in Guangzhou, China on Sept.

Obama supports Turkish gov’t against plotters, Kremlin gravely concerned

U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed that all parties in Turkey should support the democratically-elected government of Turkey while Kremlin expressed its grave concerns over the recent developments. "The President spoke tonight by phone with Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the events in Turkey.