Ukraine's finance minister says there is still a chance to avoid a court battle with Russia over $3 billion of debt that Kyiv defaulted on in December.
Interpol says it has removed the names of several suspects from the time that former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was in power from its public wanted list in response to a legal complaint Yanukovych has filed.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is confident that UN-sponsored Syrian peace talks can proceed as scheduled in Geneva next week.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia in a bid to reduce tensions between that country and Middle East rival Iran.
Municipal authorities in Moscow have rejected an application by the liberal Yabloko party to hold a public demonstration to call for the removal of Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani says Iran and China have agreed to expand bilateral relations and boost trade to $600 billion over the next 10 years.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says several members of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria are doing "nothing at all" to help defeat the extremist group.
The Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) have fired head coach David Blatt, who guided the Russian men's national team to a European title and Olympic bronze before taking over in Cleveland in 2014.
Croatia's parliament on January 22 approved a new government formed by the center-right alliance and led by Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic, a pharmaceuticals executive turned politician.
The U.S. Air Force says a nuclear-armed missile was damaged in its launch silo in 2014 due to maintenance errors by three airmen who were stripped of their nuclear certification over the incident, according to a new Associated Press report.
A Berlin-based correspondent for Russian state television finds himself accused of incitement after reporting about migrants allegedly gang raping a 13-year-old girl.
Syrian activists say at least 40 people were killed by air raids on two villages in eastern Syria on January 22.
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