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Trevor Reed says US should trade Viktor Bout if it will free Americans held in Russia
Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Trevor Reed, the former U.S. Marine recently released after nearly three years in Russian captivity, has called on the U.S. government to negotiate a prisoner swap like the o...
May 23, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine outgunned 20 to 1 in east, Zelenskyy says
John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the n...
May 23, 2022
Russian opposition group pushing US to sanction 'next tier' of Putin enablers
Contributor/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Top members of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's team are pressing U.S. officials to pursue sanctions against 6,000 Russians who they say are among the...
May 20, 2022
North Korea's suspected COVID-19 caseload tops 2 million
KIM WON JIN/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea reported 2.24 million people "sickened with fever" as of Thursday evening -- a big jump from last week when the secretive nation ack...
May 20, 2022
Two Secret Service employees being sent home from South Korea ahead of Biden's arrival after alleged incident: Sources
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two Secret Service employees -- an agent and an armed physical security specialist -- in South Korea to prepare for President Joe Biden's impendin...
May 20, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia publishes list of Americans banned from country
OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to...
May 20, 2022
International trade of spiders, scorpions is 80% unregulated -- threatening conservation, scientists say
Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Spiders, tarantulas and scorpions may be creepy to many, but it turns out there's a gargantuan market for arachnids as pets, and it is most...
May 19, 2022
Russian soldier pleads guilty to shooting unarmed Ukrainian civilian
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing an unarmed Ukrainian civilian. The guilty plea carries a life sentence. Shishim...
May 18, 2022
Bloody protests in Iran are not just about food prices
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Hundreds of Iranians have taken to the streets in cities across the country, protesting against the crippling political and economic situation. Unofficial reports sa...
May 18, 2022
Chinese plane crash that killed 132 caused by intentional act: US officials
Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The China Eastern Airlines plane crash that killed 132 people is believed to have been caused by an intentional act, according to U.S. officials wh...
May 17, 2022
