Russia & CIS

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a brief first meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Berlin topped the ranking of the most dangerous cities in Germany.

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 117 times throughout the day, using sniper rifles, 60 and 82 millimeter mortars (15 shells).

The 9th International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival will be held in Baku from April 23- 27.

Iran and China will sign the deal on redesigning Arak nuclear power plant on Sunday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lu Kang said.

The Russian energy minister said that he was discussing further oil production cuts with Russian companies and executive bodies.

Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO), Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade met with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili in Tbilisi on Friday.

Ankara provides Sudan with equipment to deal with ongoing drought in Horn of Africa region.

Investigators have identified French citizen Karim Cheurfi as the shooter behind the killing of a policeman in Champs-Elysees boulevard in Paris on Thursday night, according to the city’s Chief Prosecutor, Francois Molins, on Friday, Reuters reports.

The U.S. carried out a land raid in Syria that led to the death of a Daesh operative linked to the deadly New Year's eve attack on Istanbul's Reina nightclub, Central Command confirmed Friday, Anadolu reported.

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has approached the Council of State -- the highest administrative court in Turkey -- in Ankara amid a row over Sunday’s constitutional referendum, a lawyer from the party said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a phone conversation that Moscow regrets that Washington opposes a proposal to send inspectors to Syria to probe the alleged chemical attack in Idlib, Sputnik reported.

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of defense industry as a delegation led by Kazakh Deputy Minister of Defence and Aerospace Industry Arman Ramazanov visited Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense Industry, AzerTag reports.

The United States has so far failed to act in accordance with both the letter and spirit of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, says Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, IRNA reported.

Russian President Putin has been losing control over his inner circle, Russian and foreign publications say. Although not all of them are ready to talk about it in the affirmative, some still doubt. Putin is said to be losing control over a variety of things on a regular basis. There are experts, who predict the imminent fall of Putin's regime

US-based RAND research organisation urged the Pentagon to assess a perspective of how NATO can suppress Russian missile defences in the Kaliningrad enclave in Europe. Should Russia take these calls seriously? It is hardly possible to unequivocally answer this question, given, inter alia, highly tense relations between Russia and the United States

The use of the most powerful Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) GBU-43/B against Islamic State fighters (the terrorist organisation is banned in Russia) in Afghanistan has generated many discussions, in which people compare US and Russian weapons. Some people believe that Russia wins the competition

Every year, we receive five sets of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and new radar stations. This is very good progress, and we work hard to develop the S-500 system. The state-of-the-art system will be added to the arsenal of air defence troops in the near future. Recently, Russian troops started receiving new Verba MANPADS

Russia's representative Vladimir Safronkov used the informal form of address and shamed his British counterpart prior to the vote on the resolution condemning the chemical attack in Syria. Before Russia blocked the document, the Russian and British officials stoked up the war of words. The UK fears Russia's possible cooperation with the USA

Rex Tillerson, the head of the US State Department, arrived in Moscow for an official visit. Tillerson arrived in Russia during a critical moment. Tensions remain extremely high in many parts of the world - in Syria, on the Korean Peninsula, in the Balkans, in the Middle East. Whom does Tillerson represent?