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By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree.

Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."

ASSOCIATED PRESS ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - World leaders including the U.S. and Russia declared today they are united in wanting a negotiated and peaceful end to the Syrian civil war that will produce a government "under a top leadership that inspires public confidence."

BERLIN a?? Russia's refusal to back a plan by leaders attending the G-8 summit to end the violence in Syria may have doomed any hope of a joint proposal on the two-year civil war ion which more than 90,000 civilians have died.

On Thursday, the Versailles Historical Society Museum held its long-awaited Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, marking a new moment in history for the citizens of Versailles.

Jamison and Jennifer Diehl, with their son John, 11, and dog Trigger, were adopting a Russian boy, 6. Their plans went on hold in December when Russia banned adoptions by U.S. citizens.

A bill that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality won overwhelming approval Tuesday in Russia's lower house of parliament.

A bill that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality won overwhelming approval Tuesday in Russia's lower house of parliament.

W On Wednesday, Qusair fell to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. Qusair is a strategic town that connects Damascus with Assad's Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean, with its ports and Russian naval base.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila said Thursday they are divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage, making the announcement on state television after attending a ballet performance at the Kremlin.

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced Thursday they are divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila said today they are divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage, making the announcement on state television after attending a ballet performance at the Kremlin.

Daniel and Kendra Pinkelman of Toledo and their daughter and son were the hosts for 7-year-old Eduard, a Russian orphan, last summer.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip to Asia as Pentagon chief has been a bit of a walk down memory lane for the former infantry soldier.

Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he is "confident in victory" in his country's civil war, and he warned that Damascus would retaliate for any future Israeli airstrike on his territory.

Members of a U.S. congressional delegation visiting Moscow have urged Russian officials to allow the completion of U.S. adoptions of Russian children, which were caught in limbo by the Russian ban.

In this image made available on Thursday, May 30, 2013 from Rossiya television a mammoth carcass lies in snow on the Arctic Lyakhovsky Island, Russia.

Six years after starting to think about Chechnya, the disputed Russian republic that became the setting for his acclaimed new novel, Anthony Marra visited for the first time last summer, signing up on the Internet for something called "The Seven Wonders of Chechnya Tour." "I didn't know what to expect," he said recently.

A Soyuz capsule carrying an American, Russian and Italian successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, where the new crew will spend six months conducting a variety of experiments.

Sen. John McCain visited rebels in Syria on Monday, his communications director confirmed to CNN, making the Arizona Republican the highest ranking elected official from the United States to visit the war-torn country.