#BREAKING Italian naval officer arrested on Russia spying charges: police
#UPDATE The Italian navy captain was arrested in Rome on spying charges after allegedly passing "confidential documents" to a Russian military official in exchange for money, police say
#UPDATE The Italian, a middle-ranking officer serving as a frigate captain, was caught red-handed after a "clandestine meeting" with the Russian late Tuesday in Rome, according to a police statement
#UPDATE Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has summoned the Russian ambassador following the arrest of an Italian navy captain on allegations of spying for Moscow
#BREAKING Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio expels two Russian officials over spying row as the Kremlin says it hopes ties with Italy can be 'preserved' despite the row
#UPDATE Italy has expelled two Russian officials after an Italian navy captain was allegedly caught red-handed selling secret documents to a Russian military officer u.afp.com/UggC
#BREAKING Britain says it "stands in solidarity" with Italy over its expulsion of two Russian officials accused over a spy scandal, calling Moscow's actions "malign and destabilising"
#UPDATE Italy expelled two Russian officials Wednesday after an Italian navy captain was caught by police selling secret documents to the Russians, with Britain expressing "solidarity" with Italy and condemning "Russia's malign and destabilising activity" u.afp.com/UgAq
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub