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Turkey military receiving Russian defense system training

Turkey's defense minister says its military personnel are receiving training to operate the S-400 missile defense system ...

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

The Latest: Ukraine prime minister to quit in symbolic move

The Latest on Ukrainian politics (all times local): 6 p.m. Ukraine's prime minister says he will resign in a largely symbolic ...

NATO member Estonian reports alleged Russian air violation

The Baltic region's main news agency says a Russian military aircraft briefly violated the airspace of NATO member Estonia, ...

Putin hails new Russian laser weapons

President Vladimir Putin says that new types of laser weapons developed in Russia will significantly enhance the nation's ...

The Latest: FM says Iran is committed to nuclear deal

The latest on developments in the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere in Mideast amid heightened tensions between the U.S.

Mike Pompeo, Vladimir Putin

The Latest: Kremlin open to any format for Trump meeting

The Latest on the visit to Russia by U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo (all times local): 11:45 p.m. Russian President Vladimir ...

Donald Trump

Trump says he won't use info stolen by adversaries in 2020

President Donald Trump pledged Monday not to use information stolen by foreign adversaries in his 2020 reelection campaign, ...

China 'has no interest' in joining US-Russia nuclear deal

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says his country isn't interested in negotiating a nuclear arms control treaty with the ...

UN says more displaced likely if Syria violence mounts

The U.N. food agency warned Friday of a worsening humanitarian situation in Syria's last rebel stronghold in the country's ...

Russia's Putin scores 8 goals in exhibition hockey game

Russian President Vladimir Putin scored eight goals in an exhibition ice-hockey game with former NHL players. The Russian ...

Russian agent saw political analysis as 'valuable' to Russia

A Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S.

Pompeo going to Russia amid disputes over Venezuela, Arctic

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (pahm-PAY'-oh) will head to Russia to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin amid disputes ...

Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea's new missile

The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: ...

Dalia Grybauskaite

Voters to pick successor of Lithuania's popular 'Iron Lady'

Nine candidates are vying in an election Sunday to become Lithuania's next president, including a well-known economist, a ...

2 Russian spies sentenced in Montenegro in coup attempt

A Montenegro court on Thursday sentenced two Russian military intelligence operatives and 11 others to up to 15 years in ...

Putin on Victory Day: Russian military will be strengthened

Russia will keep strengthening its armed forces, President Vladimir Putin promised Thursday, speaking at the annual military ...

Forest fires blaze in eastern Russia, forcing evacuations

Wildfires are blazing on about 58,000 hectares (145,000 acres) throughout the eastern reaches of Russia, threatening small ...

The Latest: Pompeo says US will wait to see what Iran does

The Latest on Iran's decision to step away from embattled nuclear deal (all times local): 7:15 p.m. U.S. Secretary of State ...

Sergey Lavrov, Mohammad Javad Zarif

Europeans struggle to preserve Iran nuclear accord

The world powers struggling to preserve a nuclear deal with Iran are facing an increasingly uphill battle, with a new ...

DC-area radio station told to register as Russian agent

The owner of a Washington, D.C., area radio station that broadcasts Russia-based Sputnik International 24/7 has been ordered ...