Russia has relocated up to 1 million people to the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea, according to Mustafa Dzhemilev, the long-time leader of the Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's envoy for Crimean Tatar affairs.
Afghanistan has launched the registration of candidates for long-delayed parliamentary and district elections scheduled for this year.
Afghan and Pakistani security officials are meeting in Islamabad amid heightened tensions between the two neighbors.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to accelerate efforts to seek a World War II peace treaty and to reach an agreement over a disputed island chain.
Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it has signed a protocol with the Turkish government on land-based part of the transit leg of the TurkStream gas pipeline.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is still looking at a June 12 summit date with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, just days after the U.S. leader said he was canceling the historic meeting.
Pakistan will hold general elections on July 25, officials said on May 26.
At least 2 million people are at risk of severe food insecurity because of a devastating drought in Afghanistan, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States is having "productive talks" about reinstating a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, one day after he canceled the meeting.
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States is "talking to" North Korea after he canceled a June 12 summit with leader Kim Jong Un.
The Dutch government says the Netherlands and Australia will hold Russia legally responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
Pakistan's parliament has approved a constitutional amendment to officially merge its restive tribal areas into the mainstream political system, ending colonial-era laws and giving equal rights to its 5 million inhabitants.
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