The American founder of the Baring Vostok investment company has been arrested in Moscow and could face charges of large-scale fraud.
Air India has resumed service to Iraq for the first time in 30 years, with the initial flight carrying Shi'ite pilgrims landing on February 14 in the shrine city of Najaf.
India has demanded that Pakistan crack down on terror groups operating from its territory after a deadly suicide bombing claimed by a Pakistan-based Islamist group killed 44 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir.
NATO is backing the full participation of the Afghan government in peace talks involving U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban representatives to end the 17-year conflict, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg told RFE/RL on February 14 in Brussels.
U.S. acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has said that any potential U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would be “coordinated” with other NATO members.
A senior official in Tajikistan's Customs Service has confirmed that the authorities have confiscated and burned 5,000 evangelical Christian calendars ordered by a Baptist church in the Central Asian country.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on February 13 that would impose drastic new sanctions on Russia over its meddling in U.S. elections and aggression against Ukraine.
Taliban negotiators say they will meet U.S. representatives in Pakistan on February 18 as part of ongoing Afghan peace talks, but a State Department official said the U.S. team had not yet received an invitation to the talks.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance is studying a "wide range of options" to deal with alleged Russian violations of a major arms-control agreement, while U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Moscow of wanting to "dominate" Europe.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the military alliance is studying a "wide range of options" to deal with alleged Russian violations of a major arms-control agreement, but that the Western allies want to avoid sparking "a new arms race."
Afghan authorities say they have launched an investigation into allegations that two electoral commissions misused their authority during last year's general elections.
Russia's foreign minister has warned the United States against interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs.
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