Czech authorities have released a prominent leader of Syria’s Kurdish community who was detained in Prague at the weekend.
Presidential candidate and journalist Ksenia Sobchak has called for an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the State Duma’s International Relations Committee.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the United States will overtake Russia as the world’s biggest crude oil producer by 2019 at the latest, as U.S. shale output continues to grow.
The United States said fighting and killing has continued in a war-battered suburb of Damascus as a humanitarian cease-fire Russia said it would enforce in eastern Ghouta came into effect.
Around 200 people have staged protests in the Czech capital to demand the release of a Syrian Kurdish leader who was detained in Prague at the request of Turkey.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the warring sides in Syria’s civil war to “immediately” implement a 30-day cease-fire across the country.
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.
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