RUSSIA

The two leaders spoke by phone Saturday, calling on separatists to respect a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine.

In an interview with U.S. Catholic website Crux, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said the jihadists were committing "genocide" and must be stopped.

The Russian president hasn't been seen in public since March 5, when he began canceling multiple engagements.

The Russian law, which was passed in 2013, has received international criticism for banning gay "propaganda."

Officials recently discovered its “worst ever” malware attack on the U.S. State Department email system. Now they’re trying to eliminate the sneaky software.

Is he dead? Dying? Having a child? Being overthrown? Perhaps wrestling bears? No one knows, but the Internet loves to speculate.

Moscow said its cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation was in line with international norms and bilateral agreements.

Hungarian and Russian officials deny the lucrative deal is threatened by Euratom's requirements for fuel-supply diversification.

Further economic measures against Russia would be "beneficial to no one," Spain's foreign minister said this week.

The deal with Russia aims to expand Hungary's sole Soviet-era nuclear reactor, which provides around 40 percent of its electricity needs.

The Rev. Willie T. Barrow, a Chicago civil rights leader known as the "Little Warrior" for her small stature and determination to fight for equality, died on Thursday at age 90.

World powers have begun talks about a U.N. Security Council resolution to lift U.N. sanctions on Iran if a nuclear agreement is struck with Tehran, according to an exclusive Reuters report.

The Equation Group has been in operation since 2001, launching most of its attacks on U.S. adversaries, Kaspersky noted.

It was unclear whether any potential assistance to the NATO member's eastern neighbor would include U.S.-made weapons.

The drills come even as Russia and Ukraine received warnings from several concerned parties to adhere to the ceasefire agreement.

The Russian president's Kazakhstan visit has been delayed indefinitely but the Kremlin dismisses health rumors.

One American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts touched down safely in Kazakhstan, after returning to Earth on a Russian spacecraft.

Critics of Vladimir Putin say his government has encouraged a hostile political environment that leads supporters to act out violently.

Ketchum pursued a number of controversial campaigns for Russia, including Vladimir Putin's 2013 New York Times op-ed on Syria.

Russia claims that it can host nuclear weapons in annexed Crimea, just as NATO begins exercises in the Black Sea.

Leaders of European countries have rejected the idea of a standing European army to counter Russian hostility.