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Geidar Dzhemal, a prominent Islamic philosopher and public figure in Russia, has died in Moscow at the age of 69.
A Russian court has refused to dismiss a politically charged case in which Aleksei Navalny, a prominent foe of President Vladimir Putin, is accused of large-scale theft from state companies.
Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission says that acting President Shavkat Mirziyaev has won the December 4 presidential election with 88.6 percent of the vote.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after conceding what he called the "extraordinarily clear" defeat of his attempt to reform the country's constitution, tipping the eurozone’s third-largest economy into turmoil and sending the common currency briefly downward.
Amnesty International has called on Iran to release "immediately and unconditionally" four individuals arrested on December 2 at a gathering marking the 18th anniversary of the killings of two prominent intellectuals.
Austrian far-right candidate Norbert Hofer has been defeated in Austria's presidential race by rival candidate Alexander Van der Bellen, who is supported by the Green Party.
Russia's FSB security service says it has killed a leader of the Islamic State (IS) militant group during a raid in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Daghestan.
Syrian government forces and their allies have captured the Tariq al-Bab district of eastern Aleppo, the government and the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
China has lodged an official diplomatic protest after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke by telephone with Taiwan’s president, breaking four decades of U.S diplomatic policy.
Ukraine has launched investigations against Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin on suspicion of terrorism.
Russia's main domestic security agency says it is taking measures to foil a plot by unspecified foreign intelligence services to launch "large-scale" cyberattacks from December 5 aimed at disrupting the activities of a number of major Russian banks and at destabilizing the country's financial system.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a retired U.S. Marine Corps general known for blunt talk and battlefield victories in Iraq and Afghanistan to be his defense secretary.
The European Union says it has confirmed that Belarus carried out a total of three executions during the month of November -- raising the total number of executions in the former Soviet republic during 2016 to four.
Russia’s space agency says an unmanned cargo ship has burned up in the atmosphere shortly after it blasted off with supplies -- including Christmas presents -- for the crew of the International Space Station.
The wife of jailed Russian activist Ildar Dadin, who has claimed he was tortured and beaten in prison, says her husband has been confined to his cell.
The U.S. House of Representatives has backed a proposal to set up a high-level panel to counter Russian political interference around the world.
The Czech lawyer for Yevgeny Nikulin, the 29-year-old Russian citizen arrested in Prague two months ago on U.S. charges of hacking and data theft, claims his client is innocent.
Ministers from the 14 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries have reached an agreement to cut their oil production by 1.2 million barrels a day.
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