German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has voiced hope that his current visit to Russia will help improve strained ties between Berlin and Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's circle of close friends and relatives controls a combined wealth of nearly $24 billion, although Putin has kept himself "officially" clean in terms of financial assets, says a joint report by a global investigative group and an independent Russian newspaper.
The U.S. government announced it will start admitting refugees from most countries again after a 120-day ban, but will impose new restrictions on refugees from Iran and 10 other countries where it sees security risks.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on October 24 visited Pakistan amid fraying bilateral relations prompted by Washington's accusation that Islamabad is allegedly providing "safe havens" for Taliban militants.
Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended for one year the work of international inspectors investigating chemical-weapons attacks in Syria.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is visiting New Delhi for a one-day working visit to review bilateral relations between the two countries.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he will urge Pakistan's leadership to do more to deny safe havens to terrorists during his planned trip to the country.
Syrian activists say Islamic State (IS) militants have killed 116 people while the extremist group was in control of the central Syrian town of Al-Qaryatayn.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Moscow respects the aspiration of Iraqi Kurds to seek to assert their identity, but added that this must be done in “dialogue” with the federal government in Baghdad.
The New York Times newspaper reports that the CIA is expanding its covert operations in Afghanistan in order to hunt and kill Taliban militants.
Russian and U.S. defense chiefs will join Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) counterparts to discuss threats related to terrorism and North Korea’s weapons program at meetings in the Philippines starting on October 23.
Pakistan's security forces say they have killed eight militants in a raid in the southern port city of Karachi.
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