Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia Thursday at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The meeting put the Russia-Ukraine war at the center of a trip that was meant to strengthen alliances in Southeast Asia.

"The signing of this... marks an important step toward establishing a robust civil nuclear partnership between the United States and Malaysia," the State Department said.

Rubio met with Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday evening, having already met with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in his first trip to Asia since taking office.

“This meeting takes place amid the unravelling of assumptions, where power unsettles principle, and calm can no longer be taken for granted. The global order is fraying,” Malaysian Prime Minister Anw...

an unknown actor has used artificial intelligence to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio in phony messages to government officials and foreign leaders.

“It was just a matter of time before someone actually tried to take a step like this,” said John Licato, associate professor at University of South Florida’s Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence...