Russian Pilot Honored for Intercepting US Drone Despite White House Criticism

Russia honored two pilots involved in the crash of an American drone with "Orders of Courage," but National Security Council spokesman John Kirby dismissed the pilot who apparently hit the drone as "at best just an idiot." Slovakia delivered four MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Armed Forces Thursday and promised more would be turned over soon. The board that oversees the International Criminal Court expressed support Thursday for its prosecutors and judges amid veiled threats made by Russia after the court issued arrest warrants for Putin and another Russian official. Medvedev blasted a German minister for threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with arrest, saying that such action could trigger a Russian strike on Germany.