RUSSIA

Turkey demands EU help in Syria, denies using migrants as blackmail

Swathes of NW Syria uninhabitable for years: report

Iran could be stockpiling nuclear material as a defensive strategy, amid tensions with the United States.

Vietnam will shake up its visa and immigration rules this summer

Kremlin critic Navalny says bank accounts frozen

The highest and possibly most dangerous volcano in Russia has erupted on Monday. According to a local agency, the eruption sent towering plumes of steam and ash into the sky.

OPEC to try to stem oil price plunge amid coronavirus slowdown

Facebook shut down hundreds of user accounts and pages as part of the crackdown.

US envoy salutes anti-Putin rally in Moscow

UN Libya envoy Salame steps down

Putin proposes to enshrine God, heterosexual marriage in constitution

Kyrgyz police detain 100 at rally for jailed politician

Erdogan threatens Europe with 'millions' of migrants

The United States military will participate in the Defender-Europe 2020 exercises scheduled to take place in April and May. The exercises will involve the deployment of about 20,000 U.S. forces along with 17,000 troops from other countries. The convoy across the Atlantic to prepare for the exercises is the first and largest of its kind since 1986 and is already underway.

Turkey has long backed rebel groups fighting against the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad.

Greece blocks nearly 10,000 migrants at Turkey border

Opposition sidelined as Tajikistan votes in parliamentary polls

For ballet shoes, one Russian company is on pointe

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas shared a video on Twitter which he falsely identified as Bernie Sanders supporters of being unable to name countries on a map, and Jimmy Kimmel did not let him off easy for the flub.

Opposition urges 'Russia without Putin' in rally for slain liberal

Slovaks vote in election overshadowed by journalist's murder