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Russian authorities raid opposition leader Navalny’s offices

MOSCOW — Security officers in Moscow raided the offices of Alexei Navalny, the most prominent foe of President Vladimir Putin and the governing United...
14:17 26 December 2022

Putin rebuffs Western criticism of 1939 Stalin-Hitler pact

Russian President Vladimir Putin countered European criticism of a 1939 Soviet pact with Nazi Germany on Tuesday, charging that collusion with Adolf H...
14:13 24 December 2021

Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal

KYIV, Ukraine — In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of cards, tw...
5:12 23 December 2021

Russia accuses doping whistleblower of modifying key data

Russia is blaming the World Anti-Doping Agency's star witness for modifying key laboratory data. His lawyer says that's nonsense.
11:47 22 December 2021

Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos

NEW YORK — Twitter has identified and removed nearly 6,000 accounts that it said were part of a coordinated effort by Saudi government agencies and in...
1:18 21 December 2021

Son of Russian spies relieved to keep Canadian citizenship

TORONTO — The son of a Russian spy couple who lived clandestine lives in Canada and the United States said Friday that he wants a future in Canada aft...
23:34 20 December 2021

Putin bristles at Western criticism of 1939 Soviet-Nazi pact

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday strongly rejected Western criticism of a 1939 Soviet pact with Nazi Germany, arguing that Western ...
15:40 20 December 2021

Greece: Bitcoin fraud suspect to be extradited to France

Greece's justice minister has signed an order for bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik to be extradited to France — concluding an international lega...
14:52 20 December 2021

Impeachment of Trump voted top 2019 news story in AP poll

NEW YORK — The drive by the Democratic-led House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump was the top news story of 2019, according to The...
12:00 20 December 2021

UN deadline to send North Korean workers home likely unmet

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stands to lose a rare legitimate source of foreign currency, worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year, if nations...
1:20 20 December 2021

Pompeo gets a new deputy amid speculation of a Senate run

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a new deputy, assuring a degree of continuity at the helm of U.S. diplomacy should he resign for a pot...
21:34 19 December 2021

‘Meet the Press’ to shine light on political disinformation

NEW YORK — A special “Meet the Press” episode on disinformation in politics was in the works even before host Chuck Todd's interviews with two Republi...
20:55 19 December 2021

Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘far-fetched’ reasons

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for “far-fetched” reasons, calling the move by ...
13:48 19 December 2021

Germany’s Merkel criticizes US gas pipeline sanctions threat

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday criticized a U.S. move to impose sanctions related to a new Russian-German gas pipeline, signali...
14:33 18 December 2021

Secretive FISA court rebukes FBI over errors in Russia probe

WASHINGTON — The chief judge of a secretive surveillance court said Tuesday that the FBI provided “unsupported" information when it applied to eavesdr...
23:53 17 December 2021

Leaders of Russia, Turkey discuss fighting in Libya

MOSCOW — The leaders of Russia and Turkey discussed the fighting in Libya in a phone call Tuesday, the Kremlin said.
16:05 17 December 2021

Trump: Giuliani wants to take information to Barr, Congress

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani wants to take the information he has gathered from his...
23:37 7 December 2021

Protests erupt as Russia seeks closer ties with Belarus

MINSK, Belarus — The leaders of Russia and Belarus spent more than five hours Saturday in sensitive talks on deepening ties between the two allies — a...
20:22 7 December 2021

Pentagon chief plans to shift US focus to China and Russia

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday he still plans to shift the American military’s focus to competing with China and Rus...
20:12 7 December 2021

Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible UK vote interference

LONDON — The prospect of Russian interference in Britain's election flared anew Saturday after the social media platform Reddit concluded that people ...
17:01 7 December 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the people he forgets he knew

WASHINGTON — When certain associates and acquaintances of President Donald Trump get into hot water, he forgets he ever knew them. Various figures fro...
16:24 7 December 2021

Russian foreign minister to meet with Pompeo in DC next week

WASHINGTON — Russia's foreign minister will visit Washington next week for talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. officials said Friday.
3:07 7 December 2021

‘All roads lead to Putin’: Impeachment ties Ukraine, Russia

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are bringing the impeachment focus back to Russia as they draft formal charges against President Donald Trump.
23:38 6 December 2021

Russian supply ship lifts off to International Space Station

MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian supply ship carrying tons of supplies to the International Space Station has blasted off to the orbiting laboratory.
9:52 6 December 2021

The Latest: Macron calls NATO summit ‘constructive’

WATFORD, England — The Latest on the NATO summit near London (all times local):
17:29 4 December 2021

Trump looks beyond DOJ watchdog’s Russia report

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he expected an upcoming watchdog report to be "devastating" on the origins of the Russia investiga...
20:44 3 December 2021

Zelenskiy: Allies ‘can’t go blocking’ aid at time of war

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview Monday that he didn't speak with President Donald Trump "from the position o...
17:58 2 December 2021

NATO under friendly fire as leaders ready for London summit

BRUSSELS — NATO leaders will gather in London on Tuesday as the world’s biggest military alliance, marking its 70th birthday, battles with one of the ...
13:07 2 December 2021

Conductor Mariss Jansons dies at 76; led top orchestras

FRANKFURT, Germany — Latvian-born conductor Mariss Jansons, who led top classical ensembles including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Royal ...
14:42 1 December 2021

US to pay less into NATO budget as Macron urges deep talks

PARIS — NATO leaders must stop bickering over defense spending and have a deep discussion about the future of the military alliance and how ties with ...
16:13 28 November 2021