Russia

An American soldier has been arrested in Russia's port city of Vladivostok and accused of stealing from a Russian girlfriend, U.S. officials said.
Vladimir Putin is beginning his fifth term as Russian president after destroying his political opposition, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and consolidating power.
U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn’t order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February.
One push for getting the House speaker to allow a vote on aid centered on Russian invaders’ treatment of Ukraine’s small evangelical Christian community.
"Please. Countries at war, all of them, stop the war. Look to negotiate. Look for peace," the pope said in an interview with CBS News.
Iran’s April 13 attack laid bare a double standard in support for Ukraine and Israel — but it also broke the logjam that had hurt the Eastern European country.
It's part of a larger package worth $95 billion that will go to the Senate, where approval may take time but is considered almost certain.
The former Colorado representative knocked Greene for "acting completely irresponsibly" with her talk on Ukraine.
"Russian state television can’t get enough of her," the CNN host said of the extremist lawmaker.
Hardliners in House GOP will likely oppose the measure, which would be one of three country-specific aid packages.