Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 18 visited the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, triggering an angry rebuke from Kyiv, which accused him of disregarding international law by traveling to the Ukrainian peninsula seized by Moscow three years ago.
The Russian military said it will conduct joint military maneuvers with its allies in Central Asia in response to regional threats arising from the war in Afghanistan.
Finnish police say two people have been killed and at least six others injured after being stabbed in a knife attack in the western city of Turku.
Russia joined with China on August 17 in urging the United States not to take military action against North Korea, saying the escalating threats of war being traded between Washington and Pyongyang could reach the "point of no return."
Spanish officials say they thwarted a second terrorist attack after 13 people were killed when a van plowed into pedestrians in Barcelona's famous Las Ramblas tourist area on August 17.
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on August 18 with his national security advisers at the Camp David presidential retreat to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia, the White House has said.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has gained a place to study at Oxford University.
Police in the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona say a van has plowed into a crowd of pedestrians.
The top U.S. military officer says a military solution to the North Korean missile threat would be "horrific" but allowing Pyongyang to develop the capability to launch a nuclear attack on the United States is "unimaginable."
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