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Moscow has blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution to condemn Iran, drawing criticism from the United States.

Transparency International has just published its latest Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks countries according to their perceived levels of public sector corruption.

Russia is in the lead for deployed nuclear warheads.

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European allies are frustrated with Trump.

On February 14, 1950, the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union signed the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance.

President Donald Trump and the United States were roundly snubbed at this year's World Government Summit, just two years after President Barack Obama delivered the forum's keynote address.

Clashes between the U.S.-led coalition and pro-Syrian government forces have reportedly killed a number of Russians.

Su-35 jets that can attack surface combat vessels in this region is "sort of a reaction to the provocation by the U.S.," said a retired Chinese major general.

A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said that deploying Iskander missiles was Russia's "sovereign right."

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With an estimated casualty count of nearly 2 million, the six-month siege of Stalingrad remains one of the bloodiest military clashes in modern history.

"I come from the Joseph A. Bank wing of the West Wing," Vice President Mike Pence noted.

Cyberattack and artificial intelligence are already being integrated into the arsenals of the world's leading militaries.

A new curriculum outlining each European country's role in the Holocaust will be made mandatory this week in schools across Israel.

The economy continues to grow at a stable rate, but misses President Trump's 4 percent growth prediction by 1.4 points. For perspective, one percentage point of gross domestic product growth could generate 1 million new jobs.

VTB Bank President and Chairman Andrey Kostin called the sanctions a "full-on attack" not only against the Kremlin but on all of Russian society.

Desecration of this kind is in violation of international law.

"The Trump effect thus far has been overwhelmingly negative," two researchers behind the survey wrote after the U.S. fell two years in a row.

The West's "Russiaphobia" is worse now than during the Cold War, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday.

A demonstration called "Trump: Welcome to Hell" is expected to greet the U.S. leader when he arrives in Switzerland.

The United States is crowned to take over Saudi Arabia and even rival Russia as the world's leading energy producer, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.

Shadow First Secretary of State Emily Thornberry said Trump was a racist.

Many evangelical Christians believe Trump was chosen by God to usher in a new era.

President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are modernizing and potentially expanding their nuclear weapons arsenal.

"As onlookers, we find that there are big problems with the U.S. political system from which we should steer well clear," China's Communist Party outlet wrote.

Leading NATO and Russian commanders will have their first meeting since 2013, when Obama banned talks, blaming Putin for the crisis in Ukraine.

But it can still be saved, scientists said.

While war between Russia and a more powerful U.S. and its allies is unlikely, Moscow's massive military modernization has raised concerns.

Japan says historic decisions to purchase new, powerful weapons were purely defensive, but North Korea said Tokyo was preparing another invasion.