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Without the treaty, which caps the number of deployed warheads at 1,550 on each side, there will be no limits on the U.S. and Russian arsenals.

The victory of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, led by former generals, was widely expected after the vote excluded major opposition parties and sharply restricted dissent.

Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis, with an insurgency by Islamic militants alongside a surge in kidnappings for ransom by gunmen.

Putin said the Moscow-Beijing relationship was an important stabilizing factor at a time of growing global turbulence.

The two-day trilateral meetings come after Zelenskyy said that Russia had exploited a U.S.-backed energy truce last week to stockpile munitions.

U.S. pressure on the Beijing-claimed island has grown after the opposition-controlled parliament blocked $40 billion in proposed extra defense spending.

A stitching mistake that turned a smile upside down on a plush toy for the Year of the Horse has won the hearts of people in China who say it matches their vibe.

Japan regularly receives high snowfall, but this year’s bitter conditions could dent turnout in a rare midwinter election this Sunday.

The White House meeting will be the president's first sit-down with a South American head of state since the U.S. seized Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

The 53-year-old was killed in the town Zintan, 85 miles southwest of the capital, Tripoli, according to two Libyan security officials in western Libya.

The British government said it had referred one official's correspondence with Jeffery Epstein to police.