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Turkey said Wednesday it would seek "alternatives" to the F-35 fighter jet programme the United States has excluded it from

A MC-21 prototype made its maiden flight in 2017 but serial manufacturing has been delayed, in part due to US sanctions affecting the production of its carbon composite wings

It was second time lucky on Tuesday as an unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docked at the International Space Station following a failed attempt over the weekend."Sorry for the delay. Got stuck in traffic. Am ready to carry on with work," the robot's Twitter account said in a jokey first tweet from space.Copying human movements and designed to help with high-risk tasks, the lifesize robot, Fedor, is due to stay on the ISS until September 7.

A state of emergency has been declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin in two Russian regions as the fires raged into the third month.

Trump let slip he'd like to stage the 2020 G7 summit at one of his own golf resorts, the Doral, near Miami

G7s always used to be cozy affairs but Trump will join the the summit at the seaside resort of Biarritz in a feisty mood

One G7 leader possibly looking forward to meeting Trump is British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Syrian civilians flee government bombardment of their villages in the rebel-held Idlib region as troops advance on key towns along the strategic Damascus-Aleppo highway

Russia has been looking to expand its influence in Africa and oil and gas producer Mozambique already signed a debt swap agreement with Moscow in 2017

Fedor has Instagram and Twitter accounts

The US has tested a missile previously banned under a now-defunct pact with Russia which limited the use of nuclear and conventional medium-range weapons

Macron and Putin agree there is a chance for peace in eastern Ukriane but clashed over Syria's civil war

Smoke billows during a reported air strike by Syrian pro-regime forces near the town of Hish in Idlib province on August 19, 2019

The video shows two riot officers detaining and punching the female protester in the stomach following the weekend's anti-Kremlin protests.

The Russian government wants Google to prevent Youtube users from streaming videos of politically-sensitive demonstrations.

Russians protested en masse on Saturday over banned candidates who are prohibited from participating in the upcoming Moscow municipal elections.

The United States is planning to test new weapons after it pulled out of the 1987 INF missile agreement with Russia on Friday.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny suffered a severe reaction while serving a prison sentence, and poison could potentially be to blame.

President Donald Trump appoints a "blindly loyal" ally to the sensitive post of Director of National Intelligence.

The fake presidential seal features a double-headed eagle, not the single headed-eagle featured in the traditional presidential seal.

The secrecy surrounding the latest submarine fire incident on board a Russian submarine is adding to speculation that a nuclear-powered vessel was involved.