The phone call came ahead of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s planned meeting with US president Donald Trump in Alaska.

Russian president Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to reaffirm their “friendship” ahead of his summit with Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday. Mr Putin and Mr Kim ...

During the call on Tuesday, Putin praised the “bravery, heroism and self-sacrificing spirit” displayed by Pyongyang’s troops ...

HANOI: Beneath red banners and a gold bust of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi's central party school, Communist ...