Melania’s demand that deputy national security advisor Mira Ricardel step aside gave the White House a shake. Donald Trump’s entire leadership style is based on him being the center of attention. Suddenly, Washington’s focus was on his wife and her declaration... read more

US National Security Advisor John Bolton said that the arguments for China joining the World Trade Organisation was that it would become a more market-oriented rules-based society. read more

President Donald Trump held a summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and then issued Putin an invitation to visit Washington in the autumn. But that was postponed after Trump faced allegations of cozying up to the Kremlin. read more

The latest American threat comes despite the Narendra Modi government conveying to the Trump administration that India is a fit case for a presidential waiver on deal with Russia and the sanctions on trade with Iran. read more

NSA Ajit Doval cited India’s 70-year history of military hardware acquisitions from Russia. More than 60% of Indian military inventory is from Russia. read more

Describing it “as a very broad-based discussion”, the sources said that Doval and the three top Trump administration officials talked about the “future direction” of the strategic relationship and identified areas of co-operation. read more

India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s visit comes just a week after the inaugural 2+2 dialogue between the foreign and defence ministers of the two countries. read more

The Trump administration has recently cancelled $300 million in military aid to Islamabad after it failed to take actions against terror groups. read more

US National Security Advisor John Bolton said, “We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC. We certainly will not join the ICC. We will let the ICC die on its own.” read more

There is already a direct line between US National Security Advisor John Bolton and Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. read more

American intelligence agencies had in 2016 issued a joint assessment, which was updated in 2017, that Russia had interfered in the 2016 elections to damage Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and help Trump win the presidency. read more

Dan Coats was among five top national security leaders who blasted Russian efforts to interfere in US elections. read more

US intelligence agencies have alleged that Russian hackers had tried to help Trump win the White House, something Russia has flatly denied. read more

US President Donald Trump said he is “most likely” to hold a summit meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Europe next month. Trump is scheduled to attend the July 11-12 NATO summit in Brussels. He is also likely to visit London for talks... read more

A foreign affairs adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow and Washington have agreed on the date and location for a summit of Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. read more