A Russian court has ordered that access to the Telegram messaging app should be blocked in Russia, state-run media reported.
At least 13 Afghan security forces have been killed in suspected Taliban attacks in western Herat Province, officials say.
The UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on April 13 at Russia's request on the "threat to international peace" from possible air strikes on Syria by the United States and its allies.
The United States and Russia have sparred at a UN Security Council emergency meeting over possible Western military strikes in Syria as the UN chief called on world powers to "act responsibly" and warned of a new Cold War.
Pakistani police have arrested a man suspected of shooting dead a pregnant singer during a party.
U.S. President Donald Trump played down the possibility of an imminent military response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack in Syria, saying it "could be very soon or not so soon at all!”
Azerbaijan's authoritarian president, Ilham Aliyev, has secured a landslide victory in a snap presidential election that was boycotted by the main opposition parties.
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested a missile strike on Syria may be imminent, warning Russia that it should "get ready" because missiles "will be coming."
Russia's UN ambassador pleaded with the United States not to stage a military strike against Syria after the UN Security Council deadlocked over proposals responding to a suspected chemical weapons attack outside Damascus.
Russia and Egypt are slated to resume direct flights on April 11 after a more than two-year suspension prompted by the bombing of a Russian charter plane over the Sinai Peninsula in 2015.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. lawmakers that it is fighting an "arms race" against Russia-sponsored groups trying to use the social network to manipulate elections and public opinion.
U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled a scheduled trip to South America later this week as Washington considers military action against Syria over an alleged chemical attack.
Hundreds of farmers have demonstrated in the Iranian city of Isfahan over the lack of water available to irrigate their fields.
The Russian ruble is falling for a second straight day following the imposition of new U.S. sanctions, while the Central Bank chief and other officials are seeking to calm investors in the wake of a big sell-off in shares of Russian companies a day earlier.
Tehran’s city council accepted former Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi’s resignation at an April 10 meeting.
A top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that Russia has abandoned its centuries-long hopes of integrating with the West and is bracing for a new era of geopolitical isolation.
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