The leader of the Iran-backed Shi'ite Hizballah movement has called the independence referendum by Iraqi Kurds the first step toward the partition of the Middle East and warned it would lead to "internal wars.”
Brazilian-born midfielder Marlos has received his Ukrainian citizenship and is expected to join the national team on October 2 as it prepares for its final two World Cup qualifiers.
The leader of Catalonia opened the door to a unilateral declaration of independence after regional officials said more than 90 percent of Catalans voted in favor of a split from Spain in a referendum called illegal by national authorities in Madrid.
Former Georgian President and ex-Governor of Ukraine's Odessa region Mikheil Saakashvili has called on supporters to rally in Kyiv on October 17 to "defeat evil."
The United States does not recognize the results of a referendum on independence held in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on September 25.
The International Weightlifting Federation has suspended nine countries -- including Russia and China -- from competition for one year in a bid to combat rampant doping in the sport.
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison term in Russia, has said he believes he will be transferred to Russia's northernmost prison camp near the village of Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenetsk Autonomous Region.
The Kyrgyz state security service has arrested opposition lawmaker Kanatbek Isaev on accusations of planning rioting before and after the country's upcoming presidential election.
More than 300 activists from across Serbia have gathered in the city of Novi Sad in a bid to set a Guinness world record for the largest mosaic made of plastic bottle caps.
At least 28 civilians, including four children, were killed in air strikes in the rebel stronghold of Idlib in northwest Syria, a monitoring group said on September 30.
A Russian soldier who shot and killed three fellow servicemen with an automatic weapon during target practice in the country's Far East and fled the scene with his weapon was killed by police during a search operation.
Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny met with residents in Orenburg in the Urals on September 30 as part of his campaign for the March 2018 presidential election.
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