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Iraq’s prime minister says protesters are “correct” to demand an end to corruption, but he condemned recent unrest that has led to more than 30 deaths as “the destruction of the state.”
Ukraine's top prosecutor says he doesn't know of any evidence showing illegal activity by the son of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden but that his office is reviewing several closed cases, including ones related to a gas company where Hunter Biden worked.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has hailed his country's relations with Cuba, saying they have a "brilliant" future as he arrived in Havana for a two-day visit.
The U.S. State Department has approved $39.2 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine, including a second batch of the world's deadliest anti-tank missiles to help Kyiv defend itself against Russia-backed separatists.
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has welcomed "progress towards peace" in eastern Ukraine, two days after Kyiv, Moscow, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agreed to move forward with talks to find lasting peace in the Donbas.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a raid by dozens of police officers on Chernovik, an independent weekly in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Daghestan, as being part of an "unacceptable witch-hunt."
The Russian Presidential Human Rights Council has reportedly issued a statement calling on the Pskov regional prosecutor's office to drop criminal proceedings against journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, who faces seven years in prison on charges of "justifying terrorism" in a 2018 analytical article.
Kurt Volker, the former special U.S. envoy to Ukraine, has arrived at Capitol Hill in Washington to testify behind closed doors before congressmen who are conducting a Democratic-led impeachment probe of President Donald Trump.
NATO's top decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council, has traveled to Georgia for a two-day visit including a meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission with Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia.
Iran's Guardians Council has adopted a legal amendment allowing Iranian women married to foreigners to pass on their nationality to their offspring.
A blast emanated in Baghdad late on October 2, heard from the fortified Green Zone where government buildings and foreign embassies are located in the Iraqi capital, witnesses told Reuters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated he is ready to offer Ukraine a temporary contract for the transit of gas if talks fail before the current one with Moscow expires on January 1.
The Democratic Party of Kosovo has hired a former campaign advisor to Donald Trump ahead of parliamentary elections this weekend.
Amnesty International has called on Russia to immediately overturn its "cowardly" decision to block the Fergana news agency's website, calling the move "another arbitrary and cynical attack" on freedom of expression.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that U.S. intelligence agencies have yet to give Saudi Arabia proof that Iran was involved in attacks on the country’s oil industry.
Democratic lawmakers have demanded that the White House turn over documents related to U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to get Ukraine to investigate a political rival, or face a congressional subpoena.
President Hassan Rohani has said Iran supports a plan by European powers to bolster a nuclear deal, which the United States withdrew from last year.
Lithuania is holding a four-day national emergency nuclear emergency drill amid mounting concerns as a Russian-made nuclear power plant in neighboring Belarus nears completion.
Legendary Czech performer Karel Gott has died, just weeks after he announced he was undergoing treatment for acute leukemia. He was 80 years old.
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