Apr 03 Putin calls for probe into spy poisoning, saying scientists have failed to identify source of nerve agent By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow wants a thorough probe into the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain and will demand to be part of it. Continue reading
Apr 03 WATCH: Trump hosts leaders of Baltic nations at White House By Associated Press The Baltic states are seen as a bulwark against Russian aggression in Eastern Europe. Continue reading
Apr 02 U.S. raises possibility of Trump-Putin meeting at the White House By Ken Thomas, Associated Press If it happens, Putin would be getting the honor of an Oval Office tete-a-tete for the first time since he met President George W. Bush at the White House in 2005. Both sides said they hadn't started preparations for such… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 24:57 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 1, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, April 1, President Trump calls tougher immigration laws and says he will not back a deal for DACA. And, despite being attacked over four years of war, a Ukrainian plant crucial to the country's economy… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 4:52 In the crossfire of Ukraine-Russia conflict, an industrial plant fights to survive By PBS News Hour A conflict between Ukraine and Russia since 2014 has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced 2 million and put businesses on the border, like the Metinvest plant in Eastern Ukraine, in the crossfire. Metinvest is the largest plant in Europe… Continue watching
Apr 01 Russia asks chemical weapons agency for answers in spy case By Associated Press The Russian Foreign Ministry asked the international agency that monitors chemical weapons for information Sunday about the investigation of the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in England. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 5:10 Feud with the West bolsters Putin's image, as tragic Siberian fire shows limits of his control By PBS News Hour American diplomats packed up at the U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg on Friday, another escalation in the current diplomatic crisis making Russia-U.S. relations more cloudy and dangerous than any point since the Cold War. But while international tensions may strengthen… Continue watching
Mar 30 Russia expels more U.K. diplomats, ramping up dispute with the West By Vladimir Isachenkov and Greg Katz, Associated Press The massive expulsion of diplomats on both sides has reached a scale unseen even at the height of the Cold War. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Russia expels diplomats in reprisal against U.S. and others By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Russia retaliated for the expulsions of more than 150 diplomats from the U.S. and other nations by announcing it's tossing out the same number, including 60 American diplomats. Also, families in Venezuela are demanding answers… Continue watching
Mar 29 Sessions says no new special counsel yet to investigate GOP concerns By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Republicans have called for special counsels to investigate Clinton Foundation dealings and an Obama-era uranium deal. Continue reading