During a video call on Tuesday, Biden told Putin that the United States would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of military escalation.

The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China has debunked American democracy.

The Iranian and Russian foreign ministers discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the international arena, and resumption of nuclear talks in Vienna.

The Kremlin says it regrets a decision by European Union (EU) leaders to reject a German-French proposal to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the Welsh and Scottish governments to a leadership summit in London as he tries to contain the constitutional fallout emanating from adversarial results in local and national elections across the UK.