Mr. Obama and Mr. Medvedev | By the time President George W. Bush left office, Russian-American relations had deteriorated alarmingly. Russia bore a good part of the blame, harassing opponents, stifling a free press and bullyin... (photo: Public Domain / Happyme22)The New York Times
North Korea Fires Three Missiles | North Korea test fires a missileSouth Korea's news agency says North Korea launched a third missile Saturday, just a few hours after test-firing two short-range missiles, following similar tests ear... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)Voa News
N Korea 'tests two more missiles' | North Korea has test-fired two more missiles off its eastern coast, days after similar launches sparked international concern, South Korean officials have said. | South Korea's Yonhap news agency qu... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)Al Jazeera MissileN KoreaNuclearPhotosS Korea
Putin living in the past: Obama on eve of visit 4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 | By Alex Spillius | Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama have apparently found plenty of common ground but Obama worries about Vladimir Putin, the senior figure. Photo / AP |... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)NZ Herald DefencePhotosPoliticsRussiaUS
Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks | By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - American officialdom from the White House to the Pentagon is primed for July 4 fireworks this weekend in the form of the test-firing by No... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)Asia Times DefenceN KoreaPhotosPolicyUS
A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow | By M K Bhadrakumar | In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in ... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)Asia Times DefensePhotosPoliticsRussiaUS
AP Top News at 12:26 a.m. EDT | (AP) - WASILLA, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republ... (photo: Public Domain / Evian Pepper)Syracuse AlaskaGovernmentNewsPhotosSedative
Russia 'agrees US troop transit' | A senior Obama administration official has told the BBC that Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for the war in Afghanistan fly through its airspace. | The deal, w... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)BBC News AfghanistanPhotosRussiaTerrorismWar