Russia & CIS

The Government of Georgia yesterday approved a package of amendments that granted legal status to electronic signatures and documents.

Police detained at least nine suspects Friday over terror charges in western Turkey's Aydin province, according to police sources.

Prisoners have told local media that prison conditions are worsening due to government cuts.

The Federal Reserve will likely need to raise U.S. interest rates more than three times next year.

Baghdadi, an Iraqi whose real name is Ibrahim al-Samarrai, declared himself the caliph of a huge swath of Iraq and Syria two years ago.

A Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by a U.S. oceanographic vessel in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its return, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday.

An explosion rocked a southeastern neighbourhood of Syria's capital on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Oil rose on Friday, edging closer to new 17-month highs, as producers showed signs of adhering to a global deal to reduce output.

investigative-operation measures are underway.

Additional dive boats are involved in the search works.

Russia's new strategy for the development of the information society is focused on the economy of knowledge and the development of intellectual potential of the Russian economy. In the past, the definition of the information society was about access to the Internet and various programs. Yet, no one discussed what was inside the Internet

It appears that a half of Europe and a part of Asia owes Russia (the USSR) more than just a lot. Russia helped many states obtain their statehood. One can analyse the role of Russia and the Soviet Union in the birth and development of such countries as China, Vietnam, North Korea, India and Greece

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton has sold for more than €1m at auction in the eastern French city of Lyon.

The Azerbaijan men`s national taekwondo team have progressed to the semifinal of the 2016 WTF World Team Championships.

Azerbaijan’s postal operator Azerpost Ltd. will soon put into operation the first payment terminal e-GovPay with a currency exchange function, the company told Trend on December 12.

The coldest place on Mars has been revealed as the picture of the South Pole of “the red planet” is published on the official site of NASA, RIA Novosti reported.

Iran’s flag carrier 'Iran Air' says it has signed a much-awaited agreement with US aviation giant Boeing to purchase 80 planes.

An F-16 fighter jet has crashed in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakir late Monday, said military sources, APA reports citing Anadolu Agency.

Turkish jets continued to hit Daesh targets in northern Syria on Monday, hitting over 130 objectives, the military said.

The civil activist became the victim of repressions by Serzh Sargsyan's military junta and was obliged to escape to Germany.