Authorities in a Pakistani tribal region have expanded a 24-hour curfew to avert further deadly clashes between local militants and Pashtun rights activists.
NATO defense ministers are expected to give the go-ahead for a new U.S. initiative on June 7 that will increase the readiness of the alliance's troops in case of a crisis amid continued concerns about Russian assertiveness in Eastern Europe, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg says.
Three spacefarers have blasted off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
A meningitis outbreak has killed 13 people in Kazakhstan's southern regions in recent months, the Central Asian country's Health Ministry says.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)'s media-freedom representative has expressed concern over an Internet post in which a Ukrainian official suggested that several journalists and other public figures were traitors.
Italy's new populist Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said top priorities for his government will be ending illegal immigration and strengthening ties with Russia.
A Pakistani journalist and rights activist who openly criticized the military for allegedly meddling in politics was freed early on June 6, several hours after being abducted, her family and colleagues said.
Russia has no interest in weakening the European Union, President Vladimir Putin has said ahead of his first trip to an EU country since his recent reelection.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned a deadly suicide bombing outside a gathering of the country's top religious body in Kabul, and backed its religious order, or fatwa, against such attacks.
Nikolai Andrushchenko, a prominent Russian anticorruption reporter who died last year after being beaten up, was among 18 journalists commemorated in Washington on June 4 for being killed while pursuing their jobs.
The U.S. special counsel has levied new charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, saying he attempted to tamper with witnesses from a firm he worked with to promote Ukraine's interests.
Pakistan's military has rejected accusations that the country is harboring militants who launch attacks in neighboring Afghanistan.
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