University students have been protesting in the streets of Tehran for three days to demand that those responsible for a deadly bus crash be held accountable. Ten students died on December 25 in an accident involving a university bus that was known to be unsafe.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has detained a U.S. citizen in Moscow over suspected spying.
Retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal says a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which the White House is considering, would damage peace talks with the Taliban and shake Kabul's confidence in its alliance with the United States.
Six Iranian men have been found on a beach in southeastern England after crossing the English Channel, the latest in a wave of migrants coming from France that has raised concern in both countries.
Afghanistan's election authorities have decided to delay a presidential election by three months to July 20, AFP reported, quoting the head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC).
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow remains open for dialogue with Washington.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected what it says are unacceptable demands by Germany and France to release Ukrainian soldiers held by Russia.
Russia’s ambassador to Britain says the two countries have agreed to gradually reinstate dozens of diplomatic personnel who were expelled by both sides following the Novichok poisoning in Salisbury.
Syrian government forces entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years after a Kurdish-led militia said it invited Damascus to protect the town from the threat of a Turkish military offensive.
Afghan authorities have imposed a travel ban on the head of Afghanistan's Football Federation (AFF) over the alleged physical and sexual abuse of former and current players on the women's national soccer team.
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have asked an appeals court to overturn his conviction and death penalty, arguing that it was impossible for him to get a fair trial in the same city where the deadly 2013 terrorist attack took place.
The head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has appealed to President Vladimir Putin for help in getting key doping data released to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to prevent Russia from once again being ostracized in global sports.
Pakistan has denied that a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project built and financed by China has a "military dimension."
Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian says his country is determined to continue "integration" within the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EES).
The Afghan National Army says a leading spokesman for the affiliate of the extremist group Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan has been killed in a drone strike.
Afghanistan's election authorities are considering delaying a presidential election scheduled for April 2019, an official said, due to delays in registration and ongoing technical issues.
Russia faces an economic slowdown and higher inflation in 2019 due to the risk of new Western sanctions, a weaker currency, and a planned tax increase, a poll of economists and financial analysts conducted by the Reuters news agency shows.
U.S. President Donald Trump has made an unannounced visit to U.S. troops stationed in Iraq.
Russia has successfully tested its new Avangard hypersonic missile, the Kremlin said on December 26.
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