Norway's government has forced the resignation of telecom giant Telenor's chairman in the latest fallout from a multinational corruption investigation focusing on Uzbekistan and possible bribes paid to the daughter of its authoritarian president.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has said the country should revive the old Cold War practice of training civilians on how to respond to a nuclear attack.
A new museum on the history of Soviet gulag forced-labor camp system has opened in central Moscow.
Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Cardin has expressed concern about the "the erosion of the democratic process and respect for human rights" across Central Asia in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry.
NATO's top commander says Russia's military deployment to Syria was aimed at showcasing Moscow's resurgent armed forces, but also to distract Western attention from the simmering conflict in Ukraine.
Reports say U.S. President Barack Obama plans to deploy a small number of special operations forces to Syria to advise rebels.
Russia says it has conducted a series of missile launches from sites on the ground, at sea, and in the air as part of exercises intended to test transmitting combat orders from the top military leadership all the way down.
The Russian officials who successfully bid to host soccer's 2018 World Cup say they didn't know who would win until the results of the vote were announced.
Syrian opposition groups say a government missile attack near the capital, Damascus, has killed more than 40 people and wounded dozens of others.
The Russian Interior Ministry says hundreds of militants have been apprehended or killed in the volatile North Caucasus region in 2015.
Washington says it will send a small number of special operations forces to Syria to advise rebels, even as joined other countries to urge the UN to launch a new diplomatic effort to halt the 4 1/2-year war.
The Georgian State Security Service (SDSS) says it is looking into leaked wiretapped recordings -- apparently featuring the voice of ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili -- as part of an investigation into an alleged "conspiracy to overthrow" the government.
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