A Russian entrepreneur suspected of embezzling money earmarked for building military submarines was raped, tortured, and killed in pretrial detention, the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta reports.
The European Commission recommended that the European Union launches membership talks with Albania and Macedonia, as the French president ruled out any expansion of the bloc until it is reformed.
Russia’s attempt to block Telegram has brought blowback, shutting down services ranging from online English courses, phone services, to Internet shopping.
Armenian lawmakers have elected Serzh Sarkisian prime minister, cementing his continued dominance of power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed the situation in Syria and a controversial Baltic gas pipeline project in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin says.
Russian state-sponsored hackers are seeking to hijack critical network infrastructure devices, U.S. and British intelligence agencies say.
In a new report, Pakistan’s leading watchdog has said the country has failed to make progress on several issues over the past year, citing forced disappearances, women’s rights violations, and protection of religious minorities.
Demonstrators and Armenian riot police clashed after lawmakers nominated Serzh Sarkisian to be the country’s next prime minister amid a wave of protests accusing the longtime former president of a power grab.
Chemical-weapons inspectors have not yet been granted access to the site of a suspected gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma, the British delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition for Chemical weapons (OPCW) has said.
The Russian state communications regulator has begun blocking access to Telegram following a court ruling against the popular messaging app last week.
Opposition activists have blocked several roads in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, to protest plans to elect former President Serzh Sarkisian as prime minister.
Pakistani officials say two Christians have been killed in a drive-by shooting outside a church in the country’s southwest.
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