Turkey accused the U.S. of a "stab in back" Monday as its currency hit a record low amid escalating tensions that have heightened a dire economic crisis.

Cooling tensions between the United States and Russia, and corrections from Wednesday's purge, help push the price of oil slightly higher early Thursday.

Russian leaders issued a stern rebuttal Thursday to new sanctions issued by the Trump administration over the poisoning of former Moscow spy Sergei Skripal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin still plans to attend only the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Britain demanded answers from Russia Thursday about another poisoning that involved the same nerve agent that sickened a former Moscow double-agent this year.

The Kremlin said Monday relations with the United States are improving ahead of this month's summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Wednesday to a date and place for a summit with President Donald Trump.

Expanding the capacity of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea is a purely commercial ambition, a Kremlin spokesman said Monday.

The White House and the Kremlin are exploring a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A Russian journalist who faked his death with the help of Ukrainian security to allegedly foil a real plot against his life detailed how he staged his killing.

Russia is criticizing Ukraine for helping fake the death of journalist Arkady Babchenko, calling the incident an attempt at spreading anti-Russia propaganda.

A powerful group of MPs is demanding an end to Russian money flowing into Britain, claiming it puts national security at risk.

Fighting continued in Gaza Tuesday, and one person was killed, the day after dozens of Palestinians died in clashes with Israel's military.

Russia has reversed course and dropped plans to deliver advanced S-300 air-defense systems to Syria, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday.

At least 15 people died in missile strikes carried out by Israel in Syria, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.