Russia

UGLOVKA, Russia — A homemade bomb was planted on the tracks of the high-speed Moscow-to-St. Petersburg train route, causing a derailment that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more, Russian officials said Saturday as they opened a terrorism investigation.

Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state who is visiting Moscow, praised Russia for its "extremely co-operative" diplomatic work with world powers over the Iranian nuclear crisis.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today called U.S.-Russia bilateral trade, economic ties and investment relations "among the priorities of Russian foreign policy," and pointed to recent examples of positive commercial cooperation between the United States and Russia in the areas of aviation, agricultural equipment, metals, and fast moving consumer goods.

A missile defense system developed jointly by the world's leading powers could eliminate the global threat of nuclear strikes, a former top Russian military official said on Monday.

BRUSSELS — NATO reached out to Russia Friday in an effort to mend badly bruised ties, inviting Moscow to consider linking its missile system to those of the United States and the military alliance.