In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia announced Friday that it was banning 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert.

The move comes as the U.S. separately agreed not to block the transfer of U.S. fighter jets from other countries into Ukraine.

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets to remain in federal custody as he awaits trial on charges he violated the Espionage Act. Magistrate

In March 2013, with almost 100,000 dead in the then two-year Syrian revolution against President Bashar Assad, a Muslim cleric who headed the Syrian opposition was welcomed to take the country's seat

Moscow claimed to destroy one of two sophisticated Patriot air defense systems in Ukraine but Kyiv disputed the account. A U.S. official said one system was damaged but operational.

As Biden left Washington for Asia, he said he was "confident" the U.S. would raise the debt ceiling and avert default.

On the same stage where her husband, the prominent Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, was honored for his courage years earlier, Evgenia Kara-Murza took the floor. She was addressing the 15th

Both the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force have repeatedly publicly pledged to respect cease-fires or humanitarian law only to break those promises within minutes.