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May 17, 2018
Police Raids Reported Against Jehovah’s Witnesses In Russia

Officials from the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization say Russian law enforcement officers have carried out “mass searches” on members’ homes in the Urals region of Orenburg and in the Far Eastern city of Birobidzhan.

May 17, 2018
Haspel Confirmed As CIA's First Female Director

The U.S. Senate has approved Gina Haspel to be director of the CIA, despite her role in the spy agency's past use of brutal interrogation techniques.
May 17, 2018
Putin, Assad Discuss Syrian Conflict In Sochi

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a surprise visit to the Black Sea resort city of Sochi for talks with his Russian counterpart about Syria’s bloody seven-year conflict.
May 17, 2018
Ukraine Orders Russian Journalist Held On Suspicion Of Treason

A Ukrainian court has ordered the head of a major Russian state news agency's branch in Ukraine held for two months on charges of high treason in a case that drew angry criticism from Moscow and expressions of concern from media watchdogs.
May 17, 2018
Anchor Of Navalny LIVE Online TV Channel Detained

Police in Moscow have detained an anchor of the Navalny LIVE online television channel over the May 5 antipresidential protest organized by opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who is also the owner of the channel.
May 17, 2018
LGBT Supporters Rally In Tbilisi, Despite Fears Of Violence

Police in Tbilisi are on high alert amid fears of street violence even after an event commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia was canceled to avoid a confrontation with opponents expected to march as part of a counterdemonstration supported by the Georgian Orthodox Church.
May 17, 2018
Greece 'Not Yet In Position' To Announce Deal On Macedonia Name Dispute

The Greek prime minister says his country and Macedonia are “not yet in position” to announce a deal in their long-standing dispute over Macedonia’s name.
May 17, 2018
Russian Duma Amends One Antisanctions Bill, Postpones Vote On Another

The lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, has amended and approved in its second reading a bill that provides for countermeasures against the United States and other countries that imposed sanctions against Russia.
May 17, 2018
Suicide Attack Kills Soldier In Pakistan

At least one soldier was killed and several others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a paramilitary forces vehicle in Nowshera, a city in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
May 17, 2018
Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker Determined To Carry Hunger Strike 'To The End'

A lawyer for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who opposed Moscow's 2014 annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea and is now in prison in Russia, says his client is "serious" about a strict hunger strike he began on May 14 and that he "plans to see it to the end."
May 17, 2018
'Take A Break,' Armenia's Pashinian Tells Protesters

New Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, brought to power by mass demonstrations, has called on Armenians to stop protesting.
May 17, 2018
Violent Protest 'Leaves At Least One Dead' In South Iran

A violent protest in the city of Kazeroon in southwestern Iran has left at least one person dead and six others injured, Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency reports.

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Thursday 17 May 2018

Police Raids Reported Against Jehovah’s Witnesses In Russia

Haspel Confirmed As CIA's First Female Director

Putin, Assad Discuss Syrian Conflict In Sochi

Ukraine Orders Russian Journalist Held On Suspicion Of Treason

Anchor Of Navalny LIVE Online TV Channel Detained

LGBT Supporters Rally In Tbilisi, Despite Fears Of Violence

Greece 'Not Yet In Position' To Announce Deal On Macedonia Name Dispute

Russian Duma Amends One Antisanctions Bill, Postpones Vote On Another

Suicide Attack Kills Soldier In Pakistan

Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker Determined To Carry Hunger Strike 'To The End'

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