Oil prices surged to their highest levels since November 2014 as investors braced for U.S. President Donald Trump's decision on whether to withdraw from Iran's nuclear deal with world powers.
A Russian military helicopter crashed on May 7 over eastern Syria, killing both pilots, Russian news agencies reported, citing a Russian Defense Ministry statement.
The foreign ministers of Germany and France have joined Britain’s foreign minister in a public push to convince U.S. President Donald Trump not to pull out of the nuclear deal reached in 2015 between Iran and six world powers.
Afghan authorities say police shot dead a suicide bomber on May 7 as he was apparently preparing to attack an outdoor blood-donor facility in central Kabul.
Vladimir Putin has been sworn in to a new six-year term as Russian president, vowing to "serve the people" and improve their lives while protecting what he called a country of "great victories and feats."
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement appeared set on May 7 to secure a victory in general elections that were held during the weekend.
Senior British and German officials have stepped up efforts to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to remain a participant in the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has been wounded in a gun attack in the central province of Punjab where he was attending a meeting, officials said.
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says he has been released from custody after he and thousands of other protesters were detained as part of nationwide protests ahead of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration for a fourth presidential term.
Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian said he is not ruling out cooperation with the ruling Republican Party (HHK) if he becomes the country’s next prime minister.
An explosion at a mosque in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on May 6 has killed at least 10 people and wounded another 30, officials said.
Iran’s President Hassan Rohani says the United States would regret leaving the 2015 nuclear agreement and that his country has prepared plans to respond to any decision by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the landmark accord.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on May 9 to discuss regional issues.
The Taliban have captured another district in the northern province of Badakhshan, Afghan officials said.
Aleksei Navalny was detained by police at a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin on May 5 in Moscow, part of a nationwide protest action organized by the Russian opposition leader.
The Pentagon has launched a new naval command to bolster the U.S. and NATO presence in the northern Atlantic Ocean, citing an increased Russian presence in those waters.
Police in the German city of Trier were bracing for hundreds of protesters to attend a celebration on May 5 marking the 200th birthday of its most controversial native: the father of communism, Karl Marx.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has detained five members of an alleged Islamic State cell planning attacks in several regions, and seized an array of their weapons, Russian news agencies reported.
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