Russian President Signs 'Foreign Agents' Media Legislation

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation that empowers the government to designate media outlets receiving funding from abroad as "foreign agents" and impose sanctions against them.

At Least One Killed, 150 Injured In Operation Against Islamabad Protest

Pakistani police have launched an operation to clear an intersection linking the capital, Islamabad, with the nearby city of Rawalpindi, where sympathizers of an Islamist group have camped out for the past three weeks.

Suicide Bomber Kills Four, Injures 22 In Southwest Pakistan

At least four people have been killed and 22 wounded by a suicide bomber who attacked an army vehicle on the outskirts of Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta.

Pakistani Police Launch Operation To Clear Islamist Rally

Police Defuse Bomb Attached To Journalists' Car In Pakistan, Detain Occupants

Police have defused a bomb attached to a car carrying four journalists in northwestern Pakistan, and detained the vehicle's occupants for interrogation.

Big Gas Exporter Countries Blast Unilateral Sanctions By U.S.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko Urges 'Different Negotiating Format' On Eastern Conflict

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said the Minsk process for resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine has failed to produce results and needs to be accompanied by a parallel peace process based on the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.

EU, Armenia Ink Partnership Pact As Eastern Partnership Summit Concludes

European Union leaders and six former Soviet republics on November 24 swiftly agreed on a final joint declaration of their Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, avoiding a repeat of the squabbling that triggered delays at the last summit two years ago.

Czech Court Rules Russian Hacking Suspect Can Be Extradited to U.S.

A Czech court has ruled that a suspected Russian hacker at the center of a tug-of-war between Washington and Moscow can be extradited to the United States.

Reports: More Than 80 Killed In Attack On Egyptian Mosque

Afghan Air Strike Kills About 20 Taliban At Religious School - officials