Tensions are high as Russia prepares to celebrate its most important secular holiday Saturday.

The International Monetary Fund said on Friday ​that its board had completed reviews of ‌some of its agreements with Pakistan, clearing the way for the South Asian nation to access about $1.32 billion...

This year, for the first time in nearly two decades, the parade takes place without tanks, missiles and other heavy weapons, aside from a traditional flyover of combat jets.