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Trump's Syria Missile Strike Ramps Up Tensions With Moscow

EghtesadOnline: The Trump administration warned that it’s ready to take further military action if the regime of Bashar al-Assad wages another chemical attack, even as this week’s missile strike ratcheted up tensions with Russia.
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Publish Date:09/April/2017 | 04:45

Russia warns of serious consequences from U.S. strike in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Russia warned on Friday that U.S. 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.
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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 04:53

Russia Bashes Trump as Syria Gas Attack Hits Detente Hopes

EghtesadOnline: Russia accused President Donald Trump of rushing to judgement after an apparent poison-gas attack in Syria prompted the harshest U.S. criticism of the Kremlin under the new administration, further denting hopes of a breakthrough in relations.
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Publish Date:06/April/2017 | 19:39

Tillerson and Mattis Blast Russia for Aggression

EghtesadOnline: The top U.S. diplomat and the Pentagon’s chief stressed the importance of NATO and criticized Russia for aggression and meddling in other countries’ affairs, easing European allies’ concerns about President Donald Trump’s commitment to trans-Atlantic security.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 17:48

FBI head denies Trump wiretap claim, confirms Russia election probe

EghtesadOnline: The head of the FBI publicly challenged U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, denying the Republican's claim that former president Barack Obama wiretapped his 2016 election campaign and confirming his agency had launched a criminal investigation into any collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 21:36

Trump Met Russian Ambassador During Campaign at Speech Reception

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump met last April with the Russian ambassador at the center of a pair of controversies over engagement between Trump allies and the Kremlin, despite claims by his spokeswoman that he had "zero" involvement with Russian officials during the campaign.
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Publish Date:08/March/2017 | 05:34

Sessions to respond in writing to questions over Russia contacts: DOJ

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will reply in writing to Senate Democrats' questions about his meetings with Russia's ambassador last year, the Justice Department said on Friday after a top Republican denied Democrats' request for a public hearing.
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Publish Date:04/March/2017 | 05:10

Key Lawmaker Questions Senate Russia Probe After Trump Contacts

EghtesadOnline: The Senate Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat warned the panel’s chairman over reports that the Republican worked with the White House to try to squash negative stories about Russian interference in last year’s U.S. elections, calling it a threat to the integrity of the top congressional probe into the issue.
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Publish Date:26/February/2017 | 10:33

GOP Senators Embrace Awkward Russia Probe That Could Hurt Trump

EghtesadOnline: A Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of Russia’s effort to influence last year’s U.S. election is shaping up as an unexpectedly bipartisan effort that could take months to complete as it explores the most significant controversy shadowing the new Trump administration.
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Publish Date:25/February/2017 | 04:47

Lavrov on U.S. Election Hacking Claims: ‘Give Us Some Facts’

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pushed back against accusations that Russian hackers meddled in last year’s U.S. presidential election, saying no one had put forward any proof and former President Barack Obama’s administration ignored repeated overtures to discuss cyber-security norms.
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Publish Date:19/February/2017 | 04:43

Trump's defense chief sees no military collaboration with Russia

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump's defense secretary on Thursday said he did not see possible military collaboration with Russia now, in a blow to Moscow's hopes to mend ties with Washington after Trump's election.
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Publish Date:16/February/2017 | 21:19

NY Times says Trump campaign had repeated contact with Russian intelligence

EghtesadOnline: Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing four current and former U.S. officials.
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Publish Date:15/February/2017 | 05:29

Trump National Security Adviser Flynn Quits Amid Russia Contacts

EghtesadOnline: White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned amid deepening controversy over allegations of improper contact with Russian officials, disrupting the global strategic team of a president propelled to office largely on promises to protect the U.S. against foreign terrorism.
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Publish Date:14/February/2017 | 05:14

In call with Putin, Trump denounced Obama-era nuclear arms treaty - sources

EghtesadOnline: In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official with knowledge of the call.
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Publish Date:10/February/2017 | 13:01