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  • A DHL plane is maintained in a hangar at Leipzig/Halle Airport in July 2024.
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    2024 parcel blasts in Europe organized by Russians with intelligence ties, Lithuania says
  • Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, claims foreign laboratory tests show he was poisoned.
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    Alexey Navalny’s widow says lab tests prove Russian opposition figure was poisoned in prison
  • U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One as they depart for a state visit to Britain, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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    Live Updates September 16, 2025: Trump presidency news
  • Russian tanks move during the "Zapad-2025" (West-2025) joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground near the town of Borisov, east of the capital Minsk, on September 15, 2025.
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    US observes Belarus-Russia war games as NATO allies feel the heat of Moscow’s incursions
  • In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean Navy's destroyer Yulgok Yi I (R), U.S. Navy's USS Benfold (C) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Atago (L) sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters at an undisclosed location. on April 17, 2023.
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    Exercises show Washington keeping alliances strong as Pacific adversaries bring new threats
  • President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
    Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
    Trump tramples Reagan’s tough-on-the-Kremlin legacy ahead of UK state visit
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  • Russian invasion of Ukraine: Latest news, analysis and videos
  • Pigs’ heads left outside French mosques stoke suspicions of Russian interference
  • Prince Harry makes surprise visit to Kyiv after trip to Britain
  • Russia-Belarus military drill tests nerves on NATO’s eastern flank at the end of a tense week
  • After Russian drones were downed in Poland, what does triggering NATO Article 4 mean?
  • NATO shoots down Russian drones in Polish airspace, accusing Moscow of being ‘absolutely reckless’
  • Putin has put NATO on the spot with the Russian drone incursion in Poland. What comes next?
  • GOP increasingly says Trump has been played by Putin
  • GOP senators ratchet up demands for Trump to push new sanctions on Russia
  • Trump on Russia’s incursion into NATO: ‘Here we go!’

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  • <p>Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the number of women serving in the Ukrainian military has more than doubled, according to The Economist. Fareed speaks with Katya, a female medic serving in Ukraine's special forces, about her experience fighting in the war.</p>
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    Video On GPS: Ukrainian women on the front lines 5:52
  • <p>Outside Kyiv, Fareed interviews Vlad Rudenko, a Ukrainian teen who was kidnapped from his home in Kherson at 16, and forced to live in camps in Russian-occupied territory for eight months.</p>
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    Video On GPS: Meet Vlad, a Ukrainian teen kidnapped by Russia 7:20
  • <p>At the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kyiv, Fareed sits down with Finnish President Alexander Stubb to discuss Finland’s key role as a bridge between President Trump and European leaders — and what it would take to end the war in Ukraine.</p>
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    Video On GPS: Finnish president on how to end the Ukraine war 5:36
  • <p>At the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kyiv, Fareed asks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky if he’d ever trade land for peace — and whether he wants a face-to-face chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin.</p>
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    Video On GPS: President Zelensky on Ukraine’s path to peace 6:38
  • <p>While in Ukraine, Fareed discusses the tension in the air – as Russia's drones keep many Ukrainians awake at night while Moscow's forces inch forward on the front lines. Fareed argues that empty rhetoric will not stop Vladimir Putin; if Russia doesn’t face genuine pressure from President Trump and the West, Putin will keep on fighting.</p>
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    Video Fareed’s take: The West is letting Putin press forward 5:33
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  • A worker pushes a cart of packaged frozen shrimp at a factory on the outskirts of Vishakhapatnam, India.
    Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters
    Trump makes good on threat to impose 50% tariffs on India imports
  • Kremlin-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones sold in Russia
  • China snaps up Russian oil as Indian demand drops following Trump tariffs
  • Trump is open to doing business with Russia. That could be tricky
  • US and China agree to critical extension, preventing tariff surge on the world’s two largest economies

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  • President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
    Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
    Trump tramples Reagan’s tough-on-the-Kremlin legacy ahead of UK state visit
  • US drone dilemma: Why the most advanced military in the world is playing catchup on the modern battlefield
  • GOP Rep. Michael McCaul says he won’t seek reelection after decades in Congress
  • Trump issues an ultimatum for NATO countries on Russia sanctions
  • GOP increasingly says Trump has been played by Putin

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