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News Wrap: 2,000 feared dead following flooding in Libya

In our news wrap Monday, the Red Cross says up to 2,000 people may be dead after flooding from a powerful storm hit eastern Libya, the U.S. marked 22 years since the attacks of September 11, the FDA approved new…

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Kim Jong Un to visit Russia, expected to meet with Putin

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

The meeting has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

U.S. lawmakers visiting The Hague say Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

The committee's chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, says Putin "tried to erase a culture, a people and a religion, and that is the definition of genocide."…

Kim Jong Un expected to meet with Putin to discuss arms deal

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

It’s unclear how far Kim and Putin’s military cooperation could go, but any sign of warming relations will worry rivals like the U.S. and South Korea.

Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has

By Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow's demands on its own agricultural exports.

Turkey’s president is meeting Putin in a bid to revive the Black Sea grain deal. Here’s what’s at stake

By Andrew Wilks, Elise Morton, Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin the Black Sea grain deal that Moscow broke off from in July. Here are some key things to know.

Putin and Erdogan will meet for talks on Ukraine grain deal

By Associated Press

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the talks Friday, ending weeks of speculation about when and where the two leaders might meet next as international efforts continue to patch up the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

White House says Putin and Kim Jong Un traded letters as Russia looks for munitions from North Korea

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea and Japan are urging North Korea to halt arms negotiations with Russia following revelations Russian and North Korean talks on a weapons sale are advancing.

Kremlin says ‘deliberate wrongdoing’ is a possible cause of the plane crash that killed Prigozhin

By Associated Press

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that "different versions" of what happened exist and "are being considered" by Russian investigators, including, "let's put this way, deliberate wrongdoing."…

Russian nationalist ordered to stay in prison after accusing Putin of weakness and indecision

By Associated Press

Igor Strelkov is a retired security officer who led Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and who was convicted of murder in the Netherlands for his role in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet.