VLADIMIR PUTIN

The move, which would initially replace Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook with software developed by the state-run Rostelecom, is part of Putin's push for technological self-sufficiency.

The Russian president is planning to create a new security service that will essentially bring back the infamous agency he served under for 16 years.

With 93 percent of the votes counted, Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party is on course to win 76 percent of the seats in the country’s parliament.

But an RNC spokesman says that's not true.

The deal agreed to a seven-day period of reduced violence and increased humanitarian aid deliveries.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that it had received not a single report of combatants or civilians killed by fighting in any areas covered by the truce.

The naval exercise marks the largest operation held by the two countries' navies and comes as the U.S., Japan, Vietnam and other nations are challenging China's territorial claims in the region. 

The Republican presidential nominee has repeatedly showered praise on the Russian president, even as relations between the two countries remain tense.

A lack of funding and conservative policies are blamed for what some have called an epidemic.

Despite speculation that a deal could be announced very soon, U.S. President Barack Obama, who is currently in China for the G-20 summit, said, “We’re not there yet.”

The territorial row over the island chain, seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War Two, has upset diplomatic relations ever since.

Japan has been eyeing closer ties with Russia to counter China’s growing clout, as well as its interest in Russia’s natural resources.

Washington has expressed concern about a surge in drug-related killings since Rodrigo Duterte became president two months ago promising to wipe out narcotics in the Southeast Asian nation.

Putin is sending a warning to elites to remain loyal, observers claim. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea Friday promising not to roll back relations with Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials want an investigation into Donald Trump's campaign manager's alleged payments while working for the Party of Regions.

Fighting has escalated in eastern Ukraine with six Ukrainian servicemen wounded and three killed over the last 24 hours.

Allegations have emerged that Donald Trump's campaign chairman helped secretly funnel $2.2 million to lobbying firms on behalf of a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party.

"Amateur boxing stinks from the core right to the top," Michael Conlan said.

Donald Trump has called for stricter immigration laws in order to stop terrorism.

Did Donald Trump’s campaign manager accept nearly $13 million in off-the-books payments from a Russian-leaning Ukrainian political party?