RUSSIA

Israeli leader says a 2002 Arab League initiative based on the land-for-peace principle could be a framework for talks.

“At this moment, terrorists are using anti-aircraft guns and missiles supplied by Russia,” a pro-government newspaper reported the Turkish president as saying.

Mohammed Alloush’s resignation comes at a time when fighting between government and rebel forces in the war-torn nation shows no signs of abating.

With the likely Republican and Democratic nominees both suffering record low popularity, the Libertarian Party sees an opening.

NATO’s former chief says Kiev’s progress on reforms could heavily influence the European Union’s decision about whether to renew its sanctions on Moscow.

The International Olympic Committee announced 23 athletes had tested positive in retests of 265 samples from the London Olympics.

The Russian ruler said the ex-Soviet satellite states could be targeted for hosting U.S. missiles. "How can that not create a threat for us?"

G-7 leaders wrapped up a summit in central Japan vowing to use “all policy tools” to boost demand and ease supply constraints.

“We're going to cancel the Paris climate agreement and stop ... all payments of the U.S.’s tax dollars to U.N. global warming programs,” Donald Trump said.

With Turkey and Egypt no longer options, Russian tourists are visiting Greece and bringing their money.

Germany hinted Friday that it would support the gradual lifting of sanctions on Russia ahead of a July decision to renew.

The last time the Russian president was rated so “poorly” in a poll by Levada-Center was in February 2014, just before Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

Stanislav Klikh and Nikolai Karpyukh were sentenced to two decades behind bars for allegedly fighting alongside Chechen rebels in the 1990s.

Official documents contradict the claims of valor made in the book by Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.

Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko was welcomed in Kiev on Wednesday after being released in a prisoner exchange with Russia.

Russia reportedly released Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in exchange for two Russian special forces officers.

Russia has deployed military divisions along its western border as one part of measures to respond to NATO’s buildup.

North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations has termed the Republican candidate’s willingness to meet Kim Jong Un as “propaganda.”

Retail sales, a barometer of domestic consumer demand, were down 4.8 percent, but the fall was less than the 5.8 percent seen in March.

America produced more petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons than any other nation in 2015, beating out Saudi Arabia and Russia, thanks in part to advances in fracking.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for multiple bomb attacks in two Syrian cities on the Mediterranean coast.