The announcement was made by both countries Friday a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear fuel.

Ahead of his speech Friday, Putin vowed to strengthen Russia’s air defenses after an attack rocked the host city St. Petersburg. He also faces a stagnating economy.

Fighting along the Israeli-Lebanese border in recent days has escalated sharply, in defiance of the deal brokered by the United States in April.

Leaders from at 30 European countries converged on Tivat to discuss next steps on admitting Montenegro and 5 other Balkan states to the European Union.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that only the U.S. and China can retrieve enriched uranium from Iran’s buried nuclear sites following strikes last year. The U.S. and Tehran continue to work toward a deal to end the war.

Russian nationalists dismissed on Friday an open letter penned by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ​to President Vladimir Putin as a malicious public relations stunt designed to stir up discontent inside Russia rather than end ‌the war.

It is the latest legislative rebuke of Trump as a small number of Republicans increasingly break away from the president and GOP leaders.

More than half the 15 Latin Americans deported to Congo under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown have returned to their home countries.