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KUWAIT -- Iraq's Ambassador in Kuwait Alaa Al-Hashemi says Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi assured His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah about ongoing developments in some provinces in southern Iraq.

MOSCOW -- US President Donald Trump suggests to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin the need for significant reductions to nuclear weapons, as the two leaders arrived in Finland for a long-awaited summit on Monday.

WASHINGTON -- In a direct rebuke of US President Donald Trump's remarks in Helsinki during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says there is "no question" that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election.

WASHINGTON -- A Russian national is charged by a US court for conspiracy to act as an agent of Russia within the US by infiltrating organizations within American politics. (end) mt