A key Taliban commander has been killed in an operation conducted by Afghan government forces in the country's east, the Defense Ministry says.
More Russians regret the breakup of the Soviet Union than at any other time since 2004, an opinion poll shows.
The United States is preparing to withdraw all its troops from Syria, according to U.S. media reports.
The Economist has named Armenia as its country of the year, saying the South Caucasus nation has a "chance of democracy and renewal" after street protests led to a peaceful change of government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested he is open to the idea of other countries joining a Cold War nuclear-arms treaty between Russia and the United States or to starting talks on a new pact.
Thousands of demonstrators have rallied outside Hungary's state TV broadcaster in a fifth night of protests against the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that proponents say is aimed at banning what they call "online Columbine communities" that allegedly encourage violence by schoolchildren.
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the establishment of a space command that will oversee the country's military operations in space.
British Airways says it will resume flights to Pakistan next summer, a decade after suspending operations due to security fears.
Afghan government negotiators have arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to join U.S.-brokered talks with the Taliban, as efforts intensify to negotiate an end to Afghanistan's 17-year war.
The Russian influence campaign on social media in the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign sought to deepen divisions in society and suppress turnout among Democratic voters, according to the report produced for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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