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  • Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, declared victory in the parliamentary elections early Monday morning, speaks to press as vote counting continued across the country in Yerevan, Armenia on June 8, 2026. Speaking to reporters, Pashinyan said his Civil Contract party had won the elections. 'I extend my gratitude to all my colleagues in the party. We worked day and night, and this is a victory of history. This victory belongs to the Armenian people,' he said.
    Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu/Getty Images
    Poised to accelerate a pivot away from Russia, Armenian prime minister claims election win
  • In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands for a photo at Kumsusan State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, Monday, June 8, 2026. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)
    Xie Huanchi/Xinhua/AP
    China’s Xi Jinping calls for strengthened ‘strategic cooperation’ with North Korea in rare summit with Kim Jong Un
  • A man holding a child votes in Armenia's parliamentary election at a polling station in Yerevan on Sunday.
    Karen Minasyan/AFP/Getty Images
    Armenians go to the polls under Russian pressure aimed at preventing a drift toward West
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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    Putin rebuffs Zelensky’s call for face-to-face talks, saying there is ‘no point’
  • Krasnodar Krai oil depot fire, Russia, June 6.
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    Ukraine targets St. Petersburg in what Russia calls an ‘unprecedented’ attack
  • Elena Vladimirovna, 56, who was home when drone struck her apartment in Zelenograd.
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    Ukraine’s deadly strikes are bringing the war home to Russians, and discontent is bubbling up
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  • Russian invasion of Ukraine: Latest news, analysis and videos
  • Russia slams key Ukrainian cities in one of deadliest offensives in months
  • Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities
  • France seizes another sanctioned tanker carrying Russian oil
  • ‘The arteries of modern civilization’: The US and allies take action to protect seabed cables
  • Robots are redefining the war in Ukraine – and forcing Russia onto the back foot
  • NATO members condemn Russia after drone slams into Romania apartment building, wounding two
  • Tracking Trump’s retaliation
  • UK cyberspying chief says the West is between peace and war as Russia ramps up hybrid attacks
  • Russia fires powerful ballistic missile in mass attack on Kyiv

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    Video Ukraine hit by large-scale Russian attacks 0:39
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  • <p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is running out of time to win his war against Ukraine, amid stalemate on the battlefield and growing troubles at home, according to Estonia’s head of foreign intelligence, Kaupo Rosin. In an interview with CNN in the Estonian capital, Rosin said that within the next four to five months, Putin "may not be able to negotiate from a position of a strength anymore," because "time is not in Russia's favor."</p>
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    Video Attack on Russian drone pilot training camp kills at least 66, Ukraine says 1:05
  • <p>Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday, days after the high-stake Trump-Xi summit. In his opening remarks, Putin greeted Xi using a Chinese idiom, describing the passage of time. In Chinese ancient literature, “autumns” is a poetic expression used to refer to years. </p>
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    Video CNN crew witnesses drones attacking key road in Ukraine 2:20
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    Video On eastern Ukraine’s ‘Road of Life,’ death-delivering drones hunt for targets 7:40

Business

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  • Goodzone shopping mall in Moscow, Russia, on April 23, 2026.
    Maksim Kataev/CNN
    What a deserted mall in Moscow says about Russia’s economic woes
  • Oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, on June 4, 2023.
    Alexander Manzyuk/Reuters
    The Iran conflict is a boon for Russia’s ‘war machine.’ And it’s not just about oil
  • A view of the liquefied natural gas production facility in Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City on March 3, 2026.
    Stringer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP
    What strikes on the world’s largest natural gas sites could do to the global economy
  • A tourist watches the MT Desert Kite oil tanker carrying Russian oil at Narara Marine National Park in the Arabian Sea, Gujarat, India, on March 11, 2026.
    Amit Dave/Reuters
    Oil prices stay high despite US temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea
  • A plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran, Iran, on Monday.
    Mohsen Ganji/AP
    When Russia invaded Ukraine, gas went to $5 a gallon. Is this time different?

Politics

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  • Firefighters work at a car dealership damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2, 2026.
    Thomas Peter/Reuters
    House approves Ukraine aid and Russian sanctions, defying Trump and GOP leaders
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    Tracking Trump’s retaliation
  • A house is on fire after a Ukrainian drone attack in the village of Subbotino, Naro-Fominsk District, in the Moscow region, Russia, on May 17, 2026.
    Moscow regional Governor Andrei Vorobyov/Reuters
    Russia is losing in Ukraine. Xi has noticed — Trump should too
  • Troops from the US Army stand before they take part in live fire exercises during the multinational DEFENDER Europe 20 military exercises at the Drawsko Pomorskie training grounds on August 11, 2020 at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland.
    Maja Hitij/Getty Images
    Trump is cutting the numbers of US troops in Europe. Here’s how
  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a video address to senators and members of the House of Representatives gathered in the Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 16.
    Sarah Silbiger/Reuters
    GOP centrists defy Trump and force future House vote on major Russian sanctions bill

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