Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal warn the West has two weeks to act against Putin's war plans. After visiting Kyiv and meeting Zelenskyy, they urged swift passage of a sweeping sanctions bill to hit Russia’s economy hard. The legislation would target nations still importing Russian oil, including China and India. With peace talks stalled, the senators say Putin is stalling diplomacy and preparing for a major summer offensive.
Russia-Ukraine war: Lindsey Graham had introduced a resolution condemning Russian president Vladimir Putin and his military commanders for committing "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity."
Amid series of punitive actions against Russia by the Obama administration, President-elect Donald Trump has said that it's time for the US to "move on" to "bigger and better things" as he decided to meet top intelligence officials next week "to be updated on the facts" on alleged Russian hacking during the presidential elections.
CNN has invited 16 of the 17 Republican presidential candidates for the GOP debate on September 16, to be moderated by its popular anchor Jake Tapper, it said yesterday.
Louisiana Governor Jindal ranked 13th in the standings for the debate as calculated by Fox News, the sponsor of the prime time event, based on an average of five recent polls.
Indian-American presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal could not make it to the first televised Republican presidential debate featuring top 10 party candidates.
Under the deal, sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union and United Nations will be lifted in return for Iran agreeing long-term curbs on a nuclear programme that the West has suspected was aimed at creating a nuclear bomb.