July 22, 2017
4:10 pm

Randy Newman self-censors Trump ‘penis song’

Jewish songwriter says he decided to keep track off new album because it is ‘too vulgar,’ instead including ditty about Putin

By Times of Israel staff

July 20, 2017
9:02 am

In this photo provided by German government, US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the first working session of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. (Steffen Kugler/Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung via AP)

Trump’s embrace of Russia has top advisers fretting

US officials ‘dumbfounded’ by president’s stance toward Putin, with McMaster criticizing boss to foreign counterparts

By VIVIAN SALAMA

July 19, 2017
6:37 pm

Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya posing during an interview in Moscow, November 8, 2016. (AFP/Kommersant Photo/Yury Martyanov)

Russian lawyer ‘ready’ to testify to Congress over Trump Jr. meeting

Natalia Veselnitskaya says she will make the trip to speak with lawmakers if her security can be assured

By AFP

July 19, 2017
1:08 pm

PM Netanyahu and the leaders of the Visegrad Group -- Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland -- in Budapest, July 19, 2017 (Haim Tzach/GPO)

In hot mic comments, Netanyahu lashes EU’s ‘crazy’ policy on Israel

Unaware that audio from his closed-door meeting with Central European leaders is being piped to reporters, PM says Europe will ‘shrivel and disappear’ if it doesn’t change course

By Raphael Ahren

July 19, 2017
6:14 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. (AP/Evan Vucci)

White House reveals additional Trump-Putin meeting

Russian and US presidents said to hold discussion for close to an hour; Trump derides ‘sick’ story and aides say informal parlay was run-of-the-mill

By VIVIAN SALAMA and Jill Colvin

July 19, 2017
4:47 am

Members of a Russian delegation including former Russian prime minister Sergey Vadimovich Stepahin (2R) cut a ribbon during the re-opening of the Sergei Compound in Jerusalemafter six years of renovation work, July 18, 2017, (AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON)

Renovated Tsarist hostel reopens in Jerusalem

Sergei’s Courtyard, part of a 19th-century complex built with stone imported from Russia, has been renovated for Russian Orthodox pilgrims

By Jessica Steinberg and AFP

July 17, 2017
4:51 pm

Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov makes a speech at the foreign ministry during an event marking the end of the "German-Russian Youth exchange Year" in Berlin, July 13, 2017. (AFP/John MACDOUGALL)

Russia: Israel’s security needs were taken into account in south Syria truce

After Netanyahu warns deal will create a long-term Iranian threat on northern border, Moscow’s foreign envoy Lavrov says Jewish state’s concerns were given full consideration

By Times of Israel staff and Agencies

July 16, 2017
9:54 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup in Paris on July 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Kamil Zihnioglu)

PM opposes Syria ceasefire, says it will strengthen Iran

Netanyahu says deal, hammered out by the US and Russia, will create a long-term threat on Israel’s northern border by cementing Tehran’s presence

By Times of Israel staff and Agencies

July 13, 2017
6:49 am

One of the restored buildings of Sergei's Courtyard, the late 1800s hostel for Russian pilgrims, now renovated to its former glory (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

Mother Russia returns to grand duke’s Jerusalem compound

Sergei’s Courtyard, part of a 19th century complex built with stone imported from Russia, has been renovated for Russian Orthodox pilgrims; 22-room hotel opens next month

By Jessica Steinberg

July 13, 2017
12:15 am

Trump says he gets along ‘very, very well’ with Putin

In TV interview, US president says he thinks Russian leader would have preferred Hillary Clinton in the White House

By AFP

July 10, 2017
4:58 am

President Donald Trump smiles as he walks on the South Lawn upon arrival the White House in Washington, Saturday, July 8, 2017, from the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Following criticism, Trump appears to backtrack on joint US-Russia ‘cyber unit’

President wants to ‘move foward’ in working with Moscow, but says ‘Cyber Security unit’ to guard against election hacking ‘can’t happen’

By Jill Colvin

July 9, 2017
8:06 pm

US President Donald Trump smiles as he walks on the South Lawn, upon arrival the White House in Washington, July 8, 2017, from the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says it’s ‘time to move forward’ with Russia

US president tweets that he and Putin agreed to set up cybersecurity task force to deal with election hacking

By Jill Colvin

July 9, 2017
12:39 pm

Opposition fighters drive a tank in a rebel-held area of the southern Syrian city of Daraa, during renewed clashes with regime loyalists on May 10, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)

South Syria truce goes into effect amid concerns over Iranian plans

Netanyahu says Israel will welcome ‘genuine ceasefire;’ will monitor Tehran’s movement in region given jitters over ‘Shiite crescent’

By AP and Times of Israel staff

July 8, 2017
7:43 pm

Putin thinks Trump ‘satisfied’ by his denial of election meddling

Russian leader hails first meeting with his US counterpart, says president’s ‘TV persona differs sharply from the real man’

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

July 8, 2017
5:55 pm

From left to right: US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Patrik Stollarz)

Trump wins key climate, trade concessions at stormy G20

Leaders of major economies seek to preserve unity despite Washington’s combative approach

By Hui Min NEO and Simon Sturdee

Topic: Vladimir Putin