Alexander Lukashenko said upgrades to aircraft followed agreement reached in June meeting with Russia's Putin amid tensions with NATO over Ukraine invasion

Responding to a letter sent by the US Treasury, Ankara dismisses warning, says Turkey is one of the world's 'most important political and economic power centers'

Lifting sanctions on Tehran will allow Moscow to use Islamic Republic as back door for money and weapons to aid war effort against Ukraine, opponents of nuclear deal fear

Europe's largest nuclear plant has been occupied by Russia since March; incident raises fears of catastrophe in country still haunted by Chernobyl disaster

Ukraine is only place in the world where such munitions are currently deployed, Cluster Munition Coalition says, adds that Kyiv also used cruel weapon at least 3 times during war

Russian state media says Vladimir Kozlovsky 'collaborated' with captors, was handed over to Russian Jewish community, and will later catch a flight to join wife in Israel

Russia says attack took out reserve unit 'en route to combat zones,' but Ukraine says 25 dead including kids; occurred on Ukraine's independence day, 6 months after invasion began

Incident comes after Zelensky warned Ukrainians that 'cruel' Russian provocation a possibility; 31 also injured in Dnipropetrovsk region attack on Ukrainian independence day

Since the start of fighting six months ago, 33,000 arrived, of which 4,200 were entitled to become citizens; 14,000 have since departed for other countries

Zelensky informs UNSC of deadly attack on train station, says 'security of the entire world' at risk over Moscow's 'insane aggression' against his country