RUSSIA

The Nordic states have moved closer amid rising regional tensions in recent years. The possibility of a defense treaty is now on the table.

After returning to Earth, the astronaut has been busy with medical tests and public appearances.

Already having a hard time policing sanctions on its longtime ally North Korea, China now fears a humanitarian crisis in the hermit kingdom.

The oil giant posted a $6.5 billion loss last year, but CEO Bob Dudley saw a total pay raise of 20 percent, to nearly $20 million.

Although violence has dwindled with the cessation of hostilities, shelling and clashes continue around Aleppo and the Turkish border.

ISIS has routed money from Iraq into Jordan earning as much as $25 million a month from financial markets.

Russian authorities said anything Gulchekhra Bobokulova says should be understood as coming from someone mentally unwell.

If the Russian president wins the next presidential election in 2018, it would be his fourth term as leader of the country.

Russian defense ministry dismissed NATO allegations that Moscow, along with Syrian President Bashar Assad, is “deliberately weaponizing” the refugee crisis.

The yen held at around 113 to the U.S. dollar Thursday after a big gain Wednesday.

The race for air superiority has heated up since Moscow began a $700 billion, 10-year modernization program to gain parity with the U.S.

Locations for the deployment of the latest long-range anti-aircraft missile systems are yet to be announced.

The tariffs marked the second time since December that the U.S. has penalized foreign steel producers for selling the metal at unfairly low prices.

Slumping oil prices and Western sanctions make it likely that its crisis-hit economy will contract for a second consecutive year.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter urged private and federal bodies to work together over issues of national security.

Gen. Philip Breedlove, the top U.S. commander in Europe, said terrorists are sneaking into Europe because of Russia, but experts disagree.

The sale comes during a pivotal time for Turkey's war against the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq.

The recent landslide win by moderates in Tehran may help President Hassan Rouhani open up Iran to the West and change strategy in war-torn Syria.

The process of selling U.S. weapons to overseas customers is slow and is pushing allies to deal with Russia.

In an interview with German television, Syrian President Bashar Assad promised full amnesty to opposition fighters who lay down their arms.

The meeting, scheduled to take place Tuesday, comes at a time when Russia’s oil-dependent economy is reeling under recession.