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The relationship between the United States and Russia is worse now than it ever was — including during Cold War, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. And according to one political science expert, he may be right “Russia is still very dangerous and has the capacity to devastate the United States,” said Aurel Braun, professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto. “The Cold War was an orderly competition; there were rules to the game. Now the rules aren’t there, and there is a lot more unpredictability,” he added. Trump made the statement about the two nations Wednesday morning on Twitter after he threatened Russia to “get ready” for a missile strike on Syria, and vowed to stop any missile defenses from the Kremlin. In the tweet, not only did Trump say Washington’s ties to Russia were at their worst point in history, he also called on the country to end the arms race. “Our relationship with Russia i...

Russia has blamed the Israeli Air Force for the deadly airstrike on a Bashar al-Assad air base after a suspected chemical attack killed at least 40 in a Damascus suburb over the weekend.       Russia’s Defense Ministry said two Israeli fighter jets launched the attack on the T4 air base in central Syria from Lebanon’s air space. Syria shot down five out of the eight missiles that targeted the base, the ministry said. It said the other three landed in the western part of the T4 base.      The airstrikes reportedly killed 14 people, including Iranians, at a military airport near the city of Homs.Syrian state TV quoted unnamed military official as saying Israeli F-15 warplanes had fired several missiles while flying over neighboring Lebanon.      Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says most of the 14 killed were either Iranians or members of Iran-backed groups.The report on SANA...