Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with the U.S. Congress-funded outlet’s Tatar-Bashkir service, “needs to be released so she can return to her family immediately,” RFE/RL acting president Jeffrey Gedmin said in a statement

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The penalties come as the United Nations' restrictions on Iran missile-related activities under a Security Council Resolution are set to expire

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The Russian leader also said he had "optimism" for the future of the relationship

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The U.S., a permanent member of the UNSC and a close ally of Israel, said it is disappointed the resolution makes no mention of Israel's rights of self-defence

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The top diplomats of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries met as several people were killed in strikes on a Gaza hospital compound sheltering displaced people

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The Israeli military said Palestinian militants had fired a barrage of rockets near the hospital at the time

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Both Bangladesh and Nepal have proposed candidates for the WHO Regional Director’s post, pitting a veteran from the world health body against Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s daughter

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The top U.S. diplomat met for nearly an hour in the early morning with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the royal's farm residence in the Riyadh area, a U.S. official said.

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It was Mr. Aliyev's first visit to the city — which Azerbaijan calls Khankendi and Armenia calls Stepanakert — since it fell to Armenian separatists in the early 1990s

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What are the international laws when it comes to questions of war, civilian attacks, hostage-taking etc? Is collective punishment for a crime conducted by specific persons legal? Is the warning given by Israel to Gaza residents to evacuate adequate?

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China has poured in billions of dollars into the project, revitalising railway connections to Europe, investing in ports around Asia, and building infrastructure in Africa; yet, on the tenth anniversary, BRI is also facing searching questions, particularly over the debt burdens faced by partners

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Sikkim’s highest dam was washed away during flash floods, raising doubts about hydropower projects being developed, now with design changes, by the country, abroad

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The second batch of 235 Indian nationals, including two infants, wishing to leave Israel were safely evacuated on Friday, a day after 212 Indians were flown out amid Israel’s raging conflict with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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The first batch of 212 Indians were flown out amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and arrived in India on October 13.

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From the typically sedate streets of downtown Amman in Jordan, to Yemen's war-scarred capital of Sanaa, crowds of Muslim worshippers poured into the streets after weekly Friday prayers

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