At least 257 people were killed when an Algerian military plane crashed in the North African country, media reports say.
Voters in Azerbaijan are heading to the polls for a snap presidential election boycotted by the main opposition parties and widely expected to give authoritarian President Ilham Aliyev a fourth consecutive term.
Russia and Egypt are slated to resume direct flights on April 11 after a more than two-year suspension prompted by the bombing of a Russian charter plane over the Sinai Peninsula in 2015.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. lawmakers that it is fighting an "arms race" against Russia-sponsored groups trying to use the social network to manipulate elections and public opinion.
U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled a scheduled trip to South America later this week as Washington considers military action against Syria over an alleged chemical attack.
The Russian ruble is falling for a second straight day following the imposition of new U.S. sanctions, while the Central Bank chief and other officials are seeking to calm investors in the wake of a big sell-off in shares of Russian companies a day earlier.
A top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that Russia has abandoned its centuries-long hopes of integrating with the West and is bracing for a new era of geopolitical isolation.
Reports from Afghanistan say at least six civilians have been killed by a bomb attack near a mosque and a bazaar in western Herat Province.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has called the latest round of U.S. sanctions unacceptable and illegitimate, and ordered the government to draft potential retaliatory steps as well as measures to support affected Russian companies.
Hungary’s election commission has declared the ruling Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban the winner in the country’s general election, far outpacing rival parties.
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