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U.S. to send more warships, fighter jets to Middle East to bolster defenses
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday, as...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Pentagon chief revokes plea deals with three Sept. 11 suspects
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the...
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under...
Aug 3, 20243 min read
Exclusive-US, European lawmakers jointly condemn Venezuela's handling of election
WASHINGTON - The leaders of foreign affairs committees of the U.S. Congress and legislatures across Europe have joined to condemn the...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Analysis-Prisoner swap a legacy boost for Biden but critics see risks
WASHINGTON - The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S. President Joe Biden burnish his foreign...
Aug 2, 20245 min read
'This is momma': Tears in Oval Office as families speak to prisoners freed in swap
WASHINGTON - Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the...
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Factbox-Major Russian and Soviet prisoner exchanges
MOSCOW - An extensive east-west prisoner swap, involving 26 people, took place in Ankara on Thursday, the Turkish presidency said. What...
Aug 1, 20243 min read
Three Sept. 11 suspects agree to plead guilty at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON - The man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his accomplices, held at the U.S....
Aug 1, 20242 min read
North Korea wants to restart nuclear talks if Trump wins, says ex-diplomat
SEOUL - North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to...
Aug 1, 20243 min read
US issues sanctions on rebel group alliance over conflict in DRC
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday will impose sanctions on a coalition of rebel groups it accused of seeking to overthrow the...
Jul 26, 20242 min read
Analysis-NATO finds gaping holes in defences of Europe
BRUSSELS - The war in Ukraine and the looming U.S. presidential election dominated a NATO summit in Washington this month but, away from...
Jul 24, 20246 min read
Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years in spying case his employer calls a sham
MOSCOW - A Russian court found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage on Friday and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum...
Jul 20, 20244 min read
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