A prominent leader of Syria’s Kurdish community has been detained by Czech authorities on a warrant from Turkey.
North Korea has condemned the latest U.S. sanctions targeting its regime, accusing Washington of trying to hamper an improvement in ties with South Korea during the Winter Olympics.
Czech President Milos Zeman has repeatedly lobbied for a suspected Russian hacker detained in Prague and wanted by the United States to be extradited to Russia, Justice Minister Robert Pelikan was quoted as saying on February 24.
The UN Security Council is scrambling to reach agreement on a resolution seeking a cease-fire in Syria and has put back a vote until February 24.
Afghan officials said a suicide bomber has killed two security personnel and wounded seven in an attack in the diplomatic area of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
Pakistan will be put back on a terror financing watch list by June if it does not take further action against militants operating within its borders, media are reporting.
The United States says it will open its new embassy in Jerusalem in May, a move scheduled to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Israel's independence.
Sweden's military has cited an increasingly assertive Russia in a request to parliament for a major increase in the Nordic country's defense spending.
The commander of Ukraine's armed forces has warned of possible "wide-scale aggression" by Russia against his country.
The United States has criticized Russia over the bombing of Syria's eastern Ghouta, saying Moscow has a "unique responsibility" for more than 400 people being killed in the Damascus suburb this month.
Leaders and senior officials from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, and India have inaugurated the start of work on the Afghan part of a multibillion-dollar pipeline project that they hope will meet the region's energy needs.
The U.S. special counsel investigating Russian interference in U.S. politics has filed updated criminal charges against two top former campaign aides to President Donald Trump.
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