US charges Russian national with being a foreign agent
Washington (CNN)The Justice Department charged a Russian national who, along with her mentor, aimed to set up backchannel communications during the presidential campaign between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with conspiring against the US as a foreign agent.
Trump sides with Putin over US intelligence
Helsinki, Finland (CNN)US President Donald Trump, in a stunning rebuke of the US intelligence community, declined on Monday to endorse the US government's assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, saying he doesn't "see any reason why" Russia would be responsible.
Europe 'can't completely rely on White House,' says German foreign minister
(CNN)Germany's foreign minister said Monday that the European Union could "no longer completely rely on the White House," echoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's veiled criticism of US President Donald Trump a year ago and amplifying a war of words between the two allies.
Why Trump is the distraction Putin needs
Moscow (CNN)When Russian President Vladimir Putin meets President Donald Trump in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, he will be riding a symbolic high: The Helsinki summit comes a day after the World Cup final in Moscow, a prestige event that has inspired a burst of patriotism in Russia.
Georgia woman arrested after cop appears to use coin flip app
Atlanta (CNN)Two police officers in an Atlanta suburb are on administrative leave after their chief watched body camera video that appears to show them joking about using a coin flip app to determine whether a driver would be arrested for reckless driving.
The Trumps are spending the weekend at the President's Scottish golf resort as UK protests continue
Edinburgh, Scotland (CNN)President Donald Trump is spending Saturday at his Turnberry golf resort in southwestern Scotland as protests continued against his visit to the United Kingdom.
Gay men, adulterers publicly flogged in Aceh, Indonesia
(CNN)Fifteen people, including five women, were punished with public caning Friday for violating Sharia law in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province
How Trump's disdain for NATO could help Putin
(CNN)The big takeaway of the so far bad-tempered NATO summit is that President Donald Trump has little time for the alliance and a thin appreciation of the track record and historic purpose of an organization that has kept the peace and preserved Western democracy since World War II
Papa John's founder resigns as chairman after using N-word on conference call
John Schnatter, the founder and public face of Papa John's pizza, has resigned as the company's chairman after it emerged he used the N-word on a conference call in May.
The Thai cave rescue ended in success. But only two weeks ago, it all seemed hopeless
Tham Luang caves, Thailand (CNN)The Wild Boars are back. Twelve young boys and their soccer coach are safe, freed from the floods in a labyrinthine set of caves in northern Thailand where they had been trapped in for more than two weeks.
