RUSSIA

Russian track and field athletes could be banned from next summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The contract comes amid increased tension in the region, with Israel fearful of Iran's potential ability to acquire nuclear weapons.

A report from the World Anti-Doping Agency alleges Russia cheated in athletics that involved top athletes, coaches and governing bodies.

The Russian government says it has identified individuals financing international terrorism in 77 out of 85 of its regions.

The Markit China Business Outlook survey shows business sentiment is waning as the country copes with an economic slowdown.

So far, investigators have suggested that the crash was likely to have been caused due to a bomb placed in the hold of the plane.

The move signals the end of an era that saw investors flock to Brazil, Russia, India and China, which were expected to shape a new economic world order.

Either UFOs really love the Golden State or it’s just a prime location for covert military testing. Since the 1950s, 11,092 UFOs have been reported in California.

"We are working with Airbus with regard to trying to improve the A380," Emirates President Tim Clark told CNBC Sunday.

The Islamic State group was implicated by Israeli intelligence in the Sinai plane crash that killed 224 Russians, sources told CNN.

Donald Trump on Sunday-morning talk shows called for action against the Islamic State group, especially should it be responsible for downing a Russian passenger plane.

"The indications and analysis so far of the sound on the black box indicate it was a bomb," says a member of the Egyptian investigation team.

Egyptian authorities have been wary of calling the Russian plane crash in Sinai the result of a terrorist attack, even as governments look to overhaul airport security.

World and regional powers including Iran met in Vienna on Oct. 30 to discuss a political solution to Syria's civil war.

"The United States will defend ... the principled international order," the U.S. defense secretary vowed, in the face of aggressive geopolitical moves from Russia and China.

Although there are a record number of students learning at Britain's "public" institutions, they're not spread out evenly across the country.

The so-called Crackas With Attitude allegedly obtained personal data about 3,000 government employees, most apparently in the field of law enforcement.

The as-yet-unidentified sound was logged by the cockpit recorder a second before it ceased operating on the Russian plane that went down in Egypt last weekend.

The release came as 23 civilians died in Russian airstrikes outside Damascus Saturday.

President Vladimir Putin ordered a flight suspension Friday, a possible sign Russia is attaching more credence to the theory a bomb brought down a Russian passenger jet in Egypt a week ago.

Lieutenant General Charles Brown said that the lull in September and October was due to weather and a slowdown in activity, and not due to the start of Russian airstrikes.