U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on April 16 warned that the United States intends to hit Iran with new sanctions over its unprecedented attack on Israel, and these actions could seek to reduce Iran's capacity to export oil.
A group of Iranian political prisoners around the country have launched a hunger strike to protest a wave of death sentences that could push Iran's execution rate even higher, human rights activists reported.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on April 19 that Polish authorities had detained two men suspected of attacking Leonid Volkov, an associate of late Russian opposition learder Aleksei Navalny.
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Two men with dual German-Russian citizenship have been arrested in Germany for allegedly plotting acts of sabotage aimed at undermining military support for Ukraine, the German prosecutor's office reported April 18.
The Group of Seven (G7) nations have called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to remain “fully committed” to the peace process as the group’s foreign ministers issued a communique after their meeting in Capri, Italy, on April 19.
The United States on April 15 imposed sanctions on 12 Belarus entities and 10 individuals over their alleged support for Russia's war on Ukraine, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
Senior Israeli government ministers are reportedly still debating how the country will respond to an...
Desperately looking for work, three Tajik migrants found jobs in Turkey’s booming soap opera industry, working as bit-part actors and stuntmen. Two of the men say they came to Turkey to take 'any job' to survive.
Tajikistan's foreign minister on April 12 hit out at Russia’s apparent torturing of the mostly...
Water levels in the Tobol River in the Russian region of Kurgan have risen 'dangerously,' amid flooding in the border region with Kazakhstan caused by heavy rains and a massive snowmelt sparked by unseasonably warm weather.
Several of Pakistan’s deadliest attacks in recent years have been carried out by terrorists attempting to topple the government and impose their own harsh form of Islamic authority; certain separatist groups have even targeted Chinese nationals
Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 33 people and injured 27 in three days, a Taliban spokesman said on April 14.
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Iran’s attack on Israel is drawing the attention of the West and world away from Russia’s war on Ukraine. It is adding to uncertainly over the fate of long-stymied U.S. aid to Kyiv. And it could increase Moscow’s regional clout. The Kremlin says it’s concerned, but here’s why it may be celebrating.