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Israeli bombardment and ground operations have transformed entire neighborhoods in several cities into rubble-strewn wastelands, with blackened shells of buildings and mounds of debris stretching away in all directions

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said the Army is on pace to bring in 61,000 young people by the end of the fiscal year in September and will have more than 20,000 additional young people signed up in the delayed entry program for 2026

Biden says he is seeking to undo "disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice" 

Pezeshkian, on his first Kremlin visit since winning the presidency last July, will hold talks with Putin focusing on bilateral ties and international issues before signing the treaty

Kyiv has stepped up its cross-border drone and missile attacks on Russian territory and said this week it had launched its largest barrage of the war on military sites and energy installations over the border

He was convicted of ‘secret collaboration with a foreign state’

Russia seeks to punish Navalny's associates since his death in an Arctic prison colony last year

Musk blames explosion on ‘oxygen/fuel leak’

Announcement of the verdict was delayed three times

Sasha Selipanov, a well-known car designer, was born in the Soviet Union but at 17 moved to the U.S. In California, he mastered the skill of designing high-end cars, creating vehicles for Lamborghini and Bugatti among others. He showed VOA Russian the concept of his first hypercar, which he is building in Los Angeles. Click here for the full story in Russian. 

As the U.S. and Armenia signed a strategic partnership agreement in Washington this week, experts say the Kremlin is slowly losing one of its few remaining allies. While Moscow says that Armenia’s distancing itself from Russia will bear consequences, the Armenian government is trying to steadily chart a pro-Western path.  Click here for the full story in Russian.   

Officials expected to seek a new warrant Friday that will likely extend his detention by 20 days

Leaders nervously eyeing a potential trade standoff with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump

Analysts say Beijing wants to show its goodwill toward new administration

Backup from Canada arrived as well

Multistage agreement would include release of hostages, surge in humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza

She had a bittersweet experience in the limelight after her husband first took office in 2016