The U.S. Treasury Department has released a hotly anticipated list of 210 Russian officials and billionaires believed to have close links to President Vladimir Putin, exposing them to scrutiny and potential future sanctions in a move that has angered the Kremlin.
Delegates have gathered in the southern Russian city of Sochi for a two-day conference aimed at helping resolve the seven-year civil war in Syria, but the main groups opposing the Syrian government are boycotting the event.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that Moscow believes a hotly anticipated U.S. list of rich Russians seen as close to President Vladimir Putin is an attempt to meddle in the country's March 18 election.
An Iranian woman who was arrested in Tehran last month for apparently protesting peacefully against the country's mandatory Islamic dress code has been freed, a human rights lawyer says.
The Afghan Defense Ministry says at least four militants struck an army guard post near the country’s main military academy in Kabul, killing two soldiers and wounding 10 others.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that Turkey will clear its entire border with Syria with what he called "terrorists."
Dozens of people, including opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, have been detained across Russia as they rallied in support of an election boycott.
Afghanistan's government has declared a day of mourning for January 28, after a bomb attack claimed by the Taliban in the capital killed more than 100 people.
Russians unhappy with the prospect of six more years under President Vladimir Putin are expected to protest nationwide on January 28, backing Aleksei Navalny's call for an election boycott amid warnings from authorities that they will be tough on demonstrators deemed to have broken the law.
U.S. President Donald Trump called for "decisive action" by all countries against the Taliban after a bomb attack claimed by the group in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least 95 people.
The United States and Poland on January 27 took a common stand against a planned gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany, saying it is politicizing energy and undermining attempts to make Europe less dependent on Russian resources.
Russia-friendly incumbent Milos Zeman has been reelected president of the Czech Republic for a second five-year term.
U.S. President Donald Trump has returned to Washington, telling reporters that his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was a "very, very successful trip."
Afghan officials say at least 40 people have been killed and some 140 others wounded in a massive suicide car bomb attack that targeted a crowded area in central Kabul.
The main Syrian opposition group says it will not attend a Russia-sponsored "peace congress" in Sochi scheduled for January 29-30.
The United States has imposed sanctions on 21 people and nine companies linked to the Russia-backed conflict in eastern Ukraine.
RFE/RL has voiced concern that members of its Radio Mashaal unit are facing pressure from authorities in Pakistan after the closure of the Pashto-language service’s Islamabad office last week.
President Donald Trump has told global political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum that the United States is resurgent and is "open for business."
The governor of the western Afghan province of Farah has resigned, citing worsening security in the region that he blamed on political interference and corruption among security forces.
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