Russian Defense Ministry's Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate Gen. Stanislav Gadjimagomedov said that the representatives of the Syrian diaspora in Russia with different political views participated in the elaboration of the Syrian draft constitution.
A US military raid in Yemen January 29 resulted in the deaths of one US commando, more than a dozen militants and perhaps dozens of civilians, among them women and children.
Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls lost to ex-Education Minister Benoit Hamon in the Socialist Party's second round of the presidential primaries.
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is talking to the members of US President Donald Trump's administration to negotiate an exemption from US travel ban for UK nationals who hold a second citizenship, UK media reported Sunday.
The CEO of Airbnb tweeted January 28 that his company would offer free housing to refugees affected by the new, strict travel restrictions enacted by the US.
Does anyone actually know what's going on? White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus reversed yesterday's position on US President Donald Trump's controversial ban on allowing nationals of seven mostly Muslim nations from entering the US, saying green card holders would not be affected.
Lithuanian lauwmaker Linas Balsys has suggested that the European Union should think seriously about how to take the Russian exclave region of Kaliningrad away from Moscow's jurisdiction and 'return' it to Europe, saying that recent Russian actions have shown that the borders formed after the Second World War have lost their legal force.
Thousands are gathering in front of the White House to protest new US immigration restrictions, with more demonstrations planned around the country.
As soon as the United States will lift the sanctions against Russia, the European Union will be likely to do the same, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
Climate change, the rapidly growing gap between the rich and the poor and cyber-attacks are just some of the risks the world will have to contend with in 2017.
Washington has not made a final decision on the issue of sanctions against Moscow, and the topic was not broached during phone talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the US president's spokesman said.
A gene that promotes bacterial resistance to last-resort antibiotics has been revealed to be worryingly prevalent in Chinese hospitals, according to research presented in two new studies in The Lancet January 27.
Three people passed away among the 25 people rescued from a tourist boat, which sank off the Malaysian coast, according to local media.
The United States Special Operation Forces killed 14 al-Qaeda militants in the course of an operation in Yemen, gathered important intelligence, but suffered the loss of one serviceman, US President Donald Trump said Sunday in a special address.
The Philippines' military is looking forward to signing a memorandum of understanding with Moscow to allow regular contacts with its Russian counterparts, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. Manila is also pursuing through Russian weapons offerings, and is considering purchasing specialized sniper rifles, UAVs and maybe even submarines.
More than one million people have already voted in the second round of the presidential primaries of the French Socialist party (PS) by 5 p.m. local time (16:00 GMT).
In an impressive display of skill and precision, a detachment of Russian military engineers swiftly erect a 100-meter pontoon bridge across the frozen Oka River.
About 13,000 people arrived at the Parc de la Villette in Paris to listen to the speech of Presidential candidate from The Republicans party Francois Fillon, while Fillon himself later addressed the crowd of 15,000.
The Moscow-proposed Syrian draft constitution is "balanced and neutral" and respects the interests of both the government and opposition, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
As the fitness boom continues to blossom around the globe, it's no wonder that members of royal families around the world have joined this trend.
Besides the drugs, some drug-making substances were also destroyed in an operation, including approximately one tonne of morphine and 15 tonnes of ammonium chloride.
French presidential candidate from The Republicans party Francois Fillon said that he will fight the accusations levelled against his wife for claiming state funds fraudulently paid, because he "has no right to let democracy suffer because of backroom politics."
BBC News Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has taken to social media to explain why the current international situation is shifting in Moscow's favor, but he may have gone a bit overboard.
The European Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt said Sunday he was proud of European policy of offering shelter to refugees who are trying to escape war and terror.
Against the backdrop of political and security instability, Afghanistan is currently one of the main sources of drugs.