North Korea: Hints of calming rhetoric
In North Korea Friday, CNN’s told, two medium-range missiles are in their launchers, loaded and ready to go. The White House says it won’t be surprised if Kim Jong Un orders those missiles to be fired...
View ArticleDespite Snowden debacle, US-Russian meeting Friday to go ahead
By Jill Dougherty Putting to rest doubts that it might be cancelled, the State Department announced Tuesday that senior United States and Russian officials will hold a meeting on Friday in Washington...
View ArticleRussia to Syria: Put chemical weapons under international control
By Jamie Crawford Russia urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday to put his nation's chemical weapons stockpile under international control as part of an effort to head off a possible military...
View ArticlePresident Obama asks Senate to delay military strike vote, senator says
(CNN) - As a Russian proposal to strip Syria of its chemical weapons began to take shape, the White House eased off the gas on Tuesday in its drive for congressional approval to strike the Middle...
View ArticleAll eyes turn to Geneva talks on Syria
By Jamie Crawford Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Geneva on Thursday for a high-stakes meeting with his Russian counterpart that could conceivably tip the balance on whether the United States...
View ArticleU.S., Russia agree to framework on Syria chemical weapons
By Laura Smith-Spark and Tom Cohen, CNN Russia and the United States announced Saturday that they have reached a groundbreaking deal on a framework to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, after talks in...
View ArticlePutin looks on as Kerry and Lavrov meet at UN
By Elise Labott, reporting from the United Nations In a tiny room at the United Nations under a portrait of Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, flanked by a team of men in dark...
View ArticleUkraine impasse stirs U.S.-Russia tensions
By Elise Labott Tensions between the United States and Russia over the crisis in Crimea have exploded into an open row as Russia rejects U.S. diplomatic efforts to solve the impasse. Russian Foreign...
View ArticleSenate Intel chair: Crimea’s gone
Washington (CNN) - Some U.S. lawmakers are ready to say that it's futile to try to persuade Russia to give up control of Crimea. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee,...
View ArticleKerry: Russia supports finding a diplomatic solution to crisis in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday after four hours of talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that Russia had reaffirmed its commitment to finding a diplomatic solution in...
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