Obama To European Leaders

President Barack Obama used a meeting with key European leaders Friday to urge them to work with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and to discuss steps necessary to resolve the conflicts in Syria and eastern Ukraine, the White House said.

European leaders were to seek assurances from US President Barack Obama on Friday on the course Donald Trump might take, given the populist mogul's pledges to shake up the world order.

European leaders and President Barack Obama on Friday will discuss extending sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, and possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, sources familiar with the plans said.

European leaders and President Barack Obama will discuss on Friday an extension of the sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, as well as possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, multiple sources familiar with the plans said.

President Barack Obama on Friday called European leaders to firm against Russia, Islamic State terrorism and other challenges facing NATO - even as a Britain is poised to retrench from Europe.

US President Barack Obama heads to Ottawa today for talks with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, as the shockwave from Britain's vote to leave the European Union reverberates on both sides of the Atlantic.

US President Barack Obama and the leaders of Germany, Italy, Britain and France on Monday called on parties in the Syrian war to respect an agreement to cease hostilities and make peace talks work, the White House said in a statement.

Barack Obama makes a valedictory visit to Germany on Sunday at the invitation of Angela Merkel, a leader who has become his primary European interlocutor and political kindred spirit.

World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were today set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine".

World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were today set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine".

U.S. President Barack Obama and European leaders held a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, and France said all agreed that a "strong reaction" would be necessary if the ceasefire reached last month in Minsk was violated.

US President Barack Obama will hold talks today with European leaders to discuss the Ukraine crisis and global security issues, the White House said.

Thousands of mourners today filed past the coffin of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, bidding farewell to a charismatic activist whose brazen assassination shocked the country.

European Union leaders on Tuesday threatened new sanctions against Russia over a bloody offensive by pro-Kremlin Ukrainian rebels, backing, the latest bid to pressure a defiant Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine's Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko promised on Monday to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace with pro-Kremlin fighters in the separatist east.

President Barack Obama used a meeting with key European leaders Friday to urge them to work with the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and to discuss steps necessary to resolve the conflicts in Syria and eastern Ukraine, the White House said.

European leaders were to seek assurances from US President Barack Obama on Friday on the course Donald Trump might take, given the populist mogul's pledges to shake up the world order.

European leaders and President Barack Obama on Friday will discuss extending sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, and possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, sources familiar with the plans said.

European leaders and President Barack Obama will discuss on Friday an extension of the sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, as well as possible new sanctions for its bombing in Syria, multiple sources familiar with the plans said.

President Barack Obama on Friday called European leaders to firm against Russia, Islamic State terrorism and other challenges facing NATO - even as a Britain is poised to retrench from Europe.

US President Barack Obama heads to Ottawa today for talks with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, as the shockwave from Britain's vote to leave the European Union reverberates on both sides of the Atlantic.

US President Barack Obama and the leaders of Germany, Italy, Britain and France on Monday called on parties in the Syrian war to respect an agreement to cease hostilities and make peace talks work, the White House said in a statement.

Barack Obama makes a valedictory visit to Germany on Sunday at the invitation of Angela Merkel, a leader who has become his primary European interlocutor and political kindred spirit.

World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were today set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine".

World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were today set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine".

U.S. President Barack Obama and European leaders held a video conference on Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, and France said all agreed that a "strong reaction" would be necessary if the ceasefire reached last month in Minsk was violated.

US President Barack Obama will hold talks today with European leaders to discuss the Ukraine crisis and global security issues, the White House said.

Thousands of mourners today filed past the coffin of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, bidding farewell to a charismatic activist whose brazen assassination shocked the country.

European Union leaders on Tuesday threatened new sanctions against Russia over a bloody offensive by pro-Kremlin Ukrainian rebels, backing, the latest bid to pressure a defiant Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine's Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko promised on Monday to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and involve US President Barack Obama in his stalled push for peace with pro-Kremlin fighters in the separatist east.