RUSSIA

Word came after Moscow submitted a bid to the U.N. on Monday to incorporate 460,000 square miles of the Arctic into its territory.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is expected to break with his party and oppose the controversial Iran nuclear deal, the Huffington Post reported exclusively Thursday night.

According to a source from the Russian Navy, Russia is likely to get the first Kamov Ka-52K (Katran) ship-borne helicopters by 2017-2018.

NASA said that, due to limited funding, it had been forced to extend its contract with Russia to take U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station.

Saudi Arabia and Israel believe that Iran will increase oil production and begin spending heavily on weapons after economic sanctions are lifted.

Ukraine, the United States and NATO have blamed Russia for backing Ukraine rebels by arming them with heavy weapons.

Cheese and other food items are rotting in Russian warehouses, to be destroyed as part of sanctions against the West.

Russia has developed a series of reconnaissance ships capable of infiltrating US missile defenses.

The attack helicopters were initially ordered for use on two Mistral-class warships that France has now refused to deliver to Russia.

Kerry spoke to reporters after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a regional forum in Malaysia.

The first batches of banned imported food products will be destroyed in the cities of Orenburg and St. Petersburg.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden accused Congress of failing to fund its commercial crew program, which would have made the space agency self-reliant.

Intense search efforts persisted for two days, but her son Alexey Molchanov said Tuesday afternoon that she was not expected to be found alive. 

After more than a year of uncertainty, French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a deal.

"Malaysia will always remember and honor those who were lost," the country's prime minister said as he confirmed that debris found last week belonged to the missing plane.

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the United States promotes its own views about how every country should operate.

"If the West and Iran come to a complete understanding and agreement on this issue, sanctions would be the first to be lifted," the editor of Iran Press newspaper said Wednedsay.

Only about one-in-five people in the United States trust President Putin to make good decisions in world affairs — and the rest of the world seems to agree.

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Russia had no plans to send military troops in Syria.

The presence of Russian ships in the region will likely alarm NATO and drive a further wedge between West and East.

“Our aim remains to ensure its nonnuclear status through an agreement acceptable for all,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following a closed-door meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong.