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MANILA - US actress and singer Bette Midler has "no right" to criticize President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang said Sunday after the artist named the Philippine leader among dictators in a tweet about US President Donald Trump. "She has the right to criticize…

War by nonmilitary means is nothing new: Arms races, alliance jockeying, intelligence operations, trade wars, ideological and religious competitions have been around for centuries. Cyberwarfare, however, has become the latest and most potent component of full…

Smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and computers that dont have Russian-made software pre-installed could not be sold in Russia under new legislation that passed Russias lower house in parliament this week, according to a BBC report. The law, which wouldgo into…

Dr. Hill said she had told Mr. Sondland at the time that, this is all going to blow up. Mr. Holmes said it was his clear understanding by the end of August that Mr. Trump had frozen $391 million in vital security aid to pressure Ukraine to commit to announc…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is gloating as Republicans continue to trumpet a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine — not Russia — interfered in the 2016 US presidential election.  "Thank God, no one is accusing us of interfering in the US elections an…

Russia‘s new Vostochny space center, a pet project of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has lost at least 11 billion rubles ($172 million) through theft and top officials have been jailed, the Kremlin has confirmed. Earlier this week, Russia’s investigative …

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption A Soyuz rocket launch at Vostochny cosmodrome (5 Jul 19) Russia's new Vostochny space centre has lost at least 11bn roubles (£133m; $172m) through theft and top officials have been jailed. So what went wrong with …

What gives? One theory is psychological: From Putin to Erdogan to Kim, the president has a thing for authoritarians mold of his father. Does he long for the power these men yield or does he long to yield to their power? A second theory is that Trump is cult…

The War Against Corruption As critical as the war against Russia is, Ukraines struggling democracy has an equally important challenge: Battling the Soviet legacy of corruption, which has pervaded Ukraines government. Corruption makes Ukraines leaders ever vu…

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks during a Moscow rally in September to support political prisoners. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny sits on a beige couch in his Moscow apartment, clasps his hands and closes his…