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A top Saudi official said global demand will pick up excess crude oil production that has crushed prices over the past 20 months.

Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the U.S. wants Syrian President Bashar Assad out of power as a condition to moving forward.

Accusations of corruption and human rights abuses have been levied against Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address on national television about the latest Syrian ceasefire deal suggests the Kremlin is committed to its implementation.

Russia and Estonia have exchanged spies in the past, but the latest convictions against low-level informants shows growing concerns in the region.

The Syrian government said it would halt “combat operations” but will continue its fight against terrorist organizations in the war-torn country.

The two-year-old 'Minsk' ceasefire agreement has failed to stem violence between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

An accord announced by the U.S. and Russia was unclear on future military operations in Syria, or who would track compliance with the deal.

The U.S. remains the world’s biggest exporter of major weapons systems as Russia tries to catch up.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had previously said he didn't think the truce, which was tentatively agreed upon Sunday, would start soon.

Syria's opposition was set to meet Monday in Saudi Arabia to discuss a ceasefire, but will recent ISIS violence derail those efforts?

The agreement is expected to bolster military relations between both countries as both mull over the possibility of ground operations in Syria.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China says attempts to tackle overcapacity are often undermined by local protectionism.

The news comes as U.S. intelligence and military officials reportedly warned that such surveillance activities might help Moscow collect intelligence.

A split in the U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party over a possible Brexit rattled currency markets.

Despite the recent discussion of a crude production freeze, oil prices remain at very low levels around the world.

As the Russian Ministry of Justice begins dissolving nongovernmental organizations, human rights defenders who continue their work are left in precarious positions.

Kerry said Sunday that he anticipated Obama and Putin would soon complete the provisional agreement in principle.

At least 46 people were killed Sunday in one of the deadliest such attacks in the central Syrian city of Homs in five years of civil war, a monitoring group said.

President Bashar Assad said Turkey must be barred from sending logistical support to insurgents.

Crowds on Saturday ransacked the offices of Sberbank and Alfa Bank in Kiev as well as the office of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov.