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Taliban representatives and an Afghan delegation led by former President Hamid Karzai are holding a second and final day of talks in Moscow, with the militants continuing to insist upon the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan as a first step in the peace process.
The leaders of NATO's 29 member states will hold a special summit in London in December to mark the alliance's 70th anniversary, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on February 6.
NATO allies gathered in Brussels have signed the accession protocol paving the way for Macedonia's membership into the alliance.
A Russian court has found Dennis Christensen, a Danish adherent of the Jehovah's Witnesses religion, guilty of "organizing the activity of an extremist organization."
Hashim Thaci said that he spoke to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in November in Paris, on the sidelines of commemorations for the end of World War I.
The meeting, hosted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, follows President Donald Trump's controversial decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria.
U.S. President Donald Trump described U.S. talks with the Taliban as "constructive" in his February 5 State of the Union address.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan in a telephone call with President Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan leader says.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow later this month for talks on Iran's presence in Syria, the Israeli leader has said.
Foreign actors did not significantly influence the U.S. midterm congressional elections last year, despite reports of hacking attempts leading up to the vote, a review by the Justice and Homeland Security departments has concluded.
Ukrainian authorities say they are investigating allegations that Viktor Medvedchuk, a shadowy Ukrainian political operative with close personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has committed high treason.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says Moscow will push to develop two new land-based missile systems before 2021 in response to Washington's planned exit from a landmark nuclear arms control agreement.
Taliban representatives and an Afghan delegation led by former President Hamid Karzai have begun two days of talks in Moscow billed as part of an "intra-Afghan" peace process -- despite the lack of representatives from the current Afghan government at the meetings.
A court in Kyiv has ruled that U.S.-born Acting Health Minister Ulyana Suprun can no longer head the ministry.
Uzbekistan has reiterated its readiness to host talks between Afghan government officials and Taliban negotiators.
The Russian government has denied organizing the meeting. However, it's highly unlikely such a high-profile event would be allowed to take place in the Russian capital without the Kremlin's blessing.
Amnesty International has called on Russian authorities to immediately free a Danish member of the Jehovah's Witnesses who was arrested in May 2017, a month after Russia's Supreme Court ruled that all Jehovah’s Witnesses groups should be closed and no longer allowed to operate.
Freedom In The World 2019 gives a dismal assessment of events during 2018 -- registering declining political rights and civil liberties in 68 countries with gains in only 50 countries.
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