Russia is working to subvert free speech both at home and abroad, and is stepping up pressure on its independent media, the United States has warned at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
An explosion inside a mosque at an Afghan military base in the volatile eastern province of Khost has killed at least 27 people and wounded 50, officials say.
Thousands marched in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, at an official demonstration against terrorism. Osh is regarded as one of the most acute hot zones for militant recruitment in Central Asia.
U.S. President Donald Trump hinted on November 22 that he may visit American troops in Afghanistan for the first time.
Police in Britain have released more video of the two suspects they believe poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March.
Six officers from a prison in Tajikistan that was the site of a deadly riot earlier this month have reportedly been arrested, sources say, amid questions in the West about whether the rule of law and prisoners' rights were upheld.
A leading independent Russian pollster says the electoral rating of President Vladimir Putin has fallen under 60 percent for the first time in five years.
All those "really responsible" for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi must be held accountable, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on November 22.
The chief of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, Igor Korobov, has died after “a serious and long illness,” Russian media reported on November 21, quoting the Defense Ministry.
A committee of the Russian parliament's upper house has recommended to the Kremlin to review the nation's rules for the use of nuclear weapons, local news agencies report.
The U.S. Treasury Department has targeted six individuals and three entities that it says are part of an Iranian-Russian network providing millions of barrels of oil to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and funding the militant groups Hamas and Hizballah.
The main surviving suspect in an attack that killed four foreign cyclists on a mountain road in Tajikistan in July has been convicted of "murder with extreme violence" and other crimes and sentenced to life in prison, participants in the closed-door trial say.
U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to remain a "steadfast partner" of Saudi Arabia despite international condemnation of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last month.
The Netherlands is proposing a new EU sanctions regime that would target individuals accused of human rights abuses worldwide.
A suicide bombing at a meeting of Afghan religious clerics in Kabul has killed at least 40 people, officials says.
Pakistan has summoned the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Islamabad to protest against President Donald Trump's criticism of Pakistan's role in fighting terrorism and the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Pressure is building on Interpol ahead of a vote to choose a new chief for the international police agency, with U.S. senators and others warning against the possibility that a top Russian Interior Ministry official might become the agency's new head.
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