White House records from 6 January 2021 show an unexplained gap of more than seven hours in the record of former President Donald Trump's communications, the Washington Post and CBS reported on Tuesday.

In a veiled warning, the US government has asked India to consider its place in “history books” as the Narendra Modi government in New Delhi mulls Russia’s offer for discounted crude oil

The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has distanced the US government from Senator Lindsey Graham’s call for Vladimir Putin’s assassination. Psaki has stated that killing a country’s leader or regime change is not the US policy.

Joe Biden's administration says it is "very open" to imposing sanctions on Russia's oil and gas industry, adding that it is considering the fallout of the move on global markets and US energy prices. 

The US nuclear power industry is reportedly lobbying the Biden administration to permit continued import of uranium from Russia despite the growing conflict in Ukraine, citing the cheap supply of the fuel as key to maintaining low electricity prices in the country.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called off a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in a move that will further escalate the rising tensions over Ukraine and make an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis become less likely.

Russia says there are no concrete plans in place for a summit between President Putin and his American counterpart Biden over Ukraine.

Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan and its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the country. 

A veteran American journalist and a contributor to Forbes says he was sacked from the magazine for exposing financial dealings of the top US infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci

The White House has sounded the alarm on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying that could involve a rapid military assault on the capital city of Kiev.