Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once considered one of the richest men in Russia, spent a decade in jail on tax fraud and embezzlement charges.
During Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India, the two allies are also expected to discuss a civil nuclear agreement.
The proposal, which will be revealed by the European Commission next week, is being pushed by Germany and France, according to reports.
The meeting comes amid increased tensions after a land mine explosion in the demilitarized zone injured two South Korean soldiers in August.
According to an intelligence report cited by ABC News, ISIS may have printed authentic-looking passports for its followers in Syria.
The country's election commission disqualified the presidential front-runner for the second time over the question of her nationality.
Adam Szubin, a senior U.S. Treasury official, said Thursday that ISIS also looted between $500 million and $1 billion from bank vaults captured in Iraq and Syria.
All Chinese citizens have a residence registration account that determines their access to education and other social welfare services.
Financial markets, roiled by falling oil prices this week, expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise rates for the first time in nine years next week.
Aside from Britain and France, few European members of the Western military alliance are doing their fair share to combat ISIS, the U.S. says.
Abu Saleh and two other Islamic State group senior leaders died last month in Tal Afar, Iraq, the Pentagon said Thursday.
A Senate committee voted Thursday in favor of a nonbinding measure saying that barring entry based on religion is un-American.
Iran has been fighting to help bolster Syrian President Bashar Assad, but less than 1,000 of its soldiers still remain in the fight, Western officials said.
The Islamic State group's biggest moneymaker — a widespread system of taxation and extortion — is a huge challenge for the anti-ISIS coalition.
Madonna gives impromptu concert at Place de la Republique makeshift memorial for victims of November 13 attacks in Paris.
The airline's last flight from Washington Dulles to Dubai will take off Jan. 25.
Since Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014, Moscow has resumed large scale ballistic missile tests and its adversarial relationship with the NATO-led West.
Train traffic was severely disrupted Thursday as a result of the 24-hour strike, which comes in the wake of increased reports of suspicious packages.
The Pentagon's proposal would ensure a U.S. military presence in some of the world's most volatile regions for the foreseeable future.
The incident comes just weeks after Russia allegedly violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border. This is also not the first time the Russian military has breached Georgian skies.
The mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet's surface that have long baffled scientists may be a mixture of salt and water-ice, a new study suggests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also noted that recent airstrikes had damaged the Islamic State group's weapons stores and oil infrastructure.
Heavily armed guards were stationed at entry points to the United Nations complex in Geneva on Thursday as the country raised its security level.
On Thursday, Russia said that Turkish allegations of ethnic cleansing in Syria "sound like a display of impotent rage."
Last week, Turkey sent some 150 troops and 20 army tanks to the outskirts of Mosul because they "do not want to be neighbors with" ISIS.
The ban was reportedly put in place to maintain law and order after a court upheld death sentences of two men accused of war crimes.
The arrests on Thursday were not related to a new terror threat, but connected to a plot officials uncovered a year ago.
The vaccine was developed by the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi over a period of 20 years.
The chief of staff for Oslo police told Reuters that there were no specific threats the police were aware of in Norway.
The opposition has been calling on Najib Razak to step down after a massive corruption scandal broke earlier this year.