Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are to hold talks in Moscow on January 23, with Turkey saying the meeting will focus on Ankara’s proposed "security zone" in northern Syria.
Tehran has criticized Germany's decision to ban Iran's second-largest airline from its airports, calling the move "hasty and unjustifiable."
A passenger suspected of trying to hijack a domestic Aeroflot flight and divert it to Afghanistan has been detained by law enforcement, Russia's Investigative Committee says.
A Russian long-range bomber has crash-landed in the Arctic, killing two of its crew of four, the Defense Ministry said on January 22.
The Russian lawyer for Paul Whelan has reportedly said that the U.S. citizen jailed on a spying charge possessed classified information when he was detained in late December, but that it is not clear how he received it and whether he was aware of it.
Iran has not been invited to a global conference on the Middle East in Warsaw next month and Russia has declined the invitation, Poland's foreign minister says.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the "opaqueness" surrounding the detention of a U.S.-born Iranian television anchor in the United States, and called on U.S. authorities to guarantee the journalist's fundamental rights.
A fire on two Tanzanian-flagged commercial vessels has killed at least 10 sailors off the Crimean Peninsula, Russian authorities say.
Washington has again called on Moscow to take "demonstrable steps" to save a key Cold War arms-control treaty, and reiterated claims that Russia's behavior is not that of a "responsible state actor."
Taliban militants have carried out an assault on a military base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Maidan Wardak, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 20 others, officials say.
European Union foreign ministers have approved targeted sanctions against Syrian and Russian nationals and entities suspected of involvement in chemical attacks.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has registered as a candidate for Afghanistan's presidential election later this year, setting up a rematch with Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.
U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has said he will urge President Donald Trump to meet with the Pakistani prime minister to reset long-difficult U.S. relations with Pakistan and push for a peaceful settlement in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Navy says the USS Donald Cook is heading toward the Black Sea to conduct maritime security operations and enhance maritime stability with NATO allies in the region.
Bulgarian prosecutors have charged five Syrians and a Bulgarian woman with financing terrorist groups in the Middle East.
A Belarusian model who claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has apologized to a Russian tycoon as she also proclaimed her innocence of prostitution-related charges against her.
Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the Azerbaijani capital to call for the release of a jailed anticorruption blogger and other people they consider political prisoners.
The Taliban has denied reports that it is prepared to resume talks with U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on ending Afghanistan’s 17-year war.
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