China and Russia vow to elevate relationship as US president issues executive orders on domestic and global issues and delays TikTok ban.

The United States on Wednesday imposed hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, seeking to increase pressure on Moscow in the Biden administration's final days and protect some sanctions previously imposed.

John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House, believes that neither Russia nor Ukraine is ready to negotiate an end to the war. Source: Kirby at a briefing for journalists on 10 January,

In his final week in the White House, the president has made it much more difficult for his successor to undo Russian sanctions.

Oil prices slipped on Monday as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is expected to bring a flurry of policy announcements that may clarify how he plans to end the Russia-Ukraine war, boost U.

The White House scrambled to get a message to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year after U.S. intelligence agencies said a Russian military unit was preparing to send explosive packages on cargo planes.

Donald Trump's pledges for his next term include ending the Russia-Ukraine war, launching a large-scale deportation program, halting illegal immigrati

Russia sees a small window of opportunity to do deals with Donald Trump but Moscow is making preparations for President Vladimir Putin's future discussions with the new U.S. president, Russia's diplomat overseeing U.

His inauguration speech was loudest in its silence on Ukraine. But hours later, US President Donald Trump laid bare – in a trademark casual, rambling fashion – his position over the war in Ukraine. And it was tougher on the Kremlin than you might expect.

Putin’s forces suffer 2,000 losses in a day as Kyiv’s Nato hopes ‘hinge on Trump’ - Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Ukraine will not join Nato unless Trump supports Kyiv’s bid