Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman will visit Russia for next week’s opening of the World Cup soccer tournament, Russian news agencies report.
Suspected Russian air strikes in a rebel-held region in Syria have killed at least 44 people overnight, a war monitoring group says.
Militants have carried out deadly attacks across Afghanistan, a day after the government announced a unilateral cease-fire with the Taliban that will come into effect next week.
A secret government inquiry has alleged that members of the Australian special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan, local media said.
For the second straight year, President Vladimir Putin’s annual call-in show featured questions and biting criticism apparently texted in by the public. He ignored the most scathing ones.
NATO defense ministers have agreed to moves to protect the alliance and its allies against increased threats from Russia and to bolster combat readiness by easing the transport of troops across Europe in the event of a crisis.
The European Commission says it will provide Bosnia-Herzegovina with 1.5 million euros ($1.8 million) to help it cope with an influx of refugees and migrants crossing its borders on their way to Western Europe.
The European human rights court has ruled that Azerbaijan’s arrest of four civil society activists was in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Bulgarian parliament has approved a plan to revive the Belene nuclear power plant five years after the Russian project was suspended due to financing problems and concerns about relying too heavily on Russian energy.
Joseph Dunford, the U.S. military’s top officer, will meet with his Russian counterpart, Valery Gerasimov, in Helsinki on June 8 as part of talks designed to prevent regional conflicts from escalating, the Finnish military said.
A Swedish court has sentenced Uzbek national Rakhmat Akilov to life in prison for a truck attack that killed five people in Stockholm last year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin painted an upbeat picture of the country's economy and accused the West of seeking to thwart its progress, setting a familiar tone for his new term in his marathon call-in show broadcast live on state TV.
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