RFE/RL’s Alsu Kurmasheva – a dual US/Russian national – was arrested in Kazan Russian law enforcement has detained Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor from the US state-run media outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), over failing to register as a foreign agent and gathering sensitive military data, two sources reported on Thursday.

The path to the diplomatic milestone was paved by last month’s summit between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, the foreign minister said Relations between Russia and North Korea have now soared to new heights, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said during his landmark two-day trip to Pyongyang.

The US president will reportedly request $100 billion from Congress on Friday for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the border  The White House is expected to send an appropriation request for security spending worth $100 billion to the US Congress on Friday morning, multiple news outlets report. The bulk of the package, $60 billion, would go…