U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has said that Democrats are pledging "a Congress that works for the people."
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has mocked Russian sanctions imposed on leading Ukrainian people and companies, saying that being on the list was an honor.
Video from a local media outlet showed ambulance crews helping victims after a blast which Russia said was caused by an explosive device. Initial reports said 10 people were feared dead and dozens injured by the blast in Kerch, Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.
Hundreds of people attended an October 8 vigil in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, to honor slain television journalist Viktoria Marinova.
Politicians in Bosnia-Herzegovina cast their ballots in the country's presidential, parliamentary, and regional elections on October 7.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard reportedly launched six ballistic missiles against targets in eastern Syria.
U.S. President Donald Trump told the UN Security Council Russia and Iran enabled "butchery" by the Syrian regime, but also thanked them for "slowing down" a new offensive in Syria's Idlib Province.
At least 24 people were killed and dozens wounded in a gun attack on a military parade in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz on September 22.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has given the green light for Russia to return to global sports competitions after nearly three years of suspension for a state-supported doping program, but under "strict conditions."
Russia is holding a massive military exercise in the eastern part of the country. Moscow claims as many as 300,000 troops are taking part in military maneuvers known as Vostok-2018.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon sustained minor injuries in a September 9 traffic accident, according to Moldovan officials. (Presidency of the Republic of Moldova; Pro TV via AP)
An investigation by the Associated Press claims hackers from Russian intelligence have been targeting the e-mail of senior clerics from the Orthodox Christian Church. Some analysts say this could be part of the Kremlin's attempts to keep Ukraine's church under Moscow's control.
White House National Security Adviser John Bolton called on Ukraine and European nations to be less reliant on Russia for energy and urged them to find alternative sources of natural gas.
One was a Soviet soldier during the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the other was imprisoned for protesting it. Now they meet in Prague. This report is based on a documentary, Spring '68, by RFE/RL's Ukrainian service.
Fifty years ago, Soviet-led forces rolled into Czechoslovakia, ending reform efforts to create "socialism with a human face."
Bosnian Prime Minister Denis Zvizdic arrived in the German capital, Berlin, on August 13 for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Romanian authorities say 440 people including two dozen riot police have received medical treatment after an antigovernment protest turned violent.
Romanian demonstrators, many of whom live abroad and returned for the rally, flocked to an antigovernment protest in Bucharest on August 10, demanding that the left-wing government resign and that early elections be called.
The bodies of three Czech soldiers -- Martin Marcin, Kamil Benes, and Patrik Stepanek -- killed in a suicide attack at the weekend in Afghanistan were returned to Prague on August 8 in a ceremony marking the deadliest incident involving the army's foreign missions in four years.
Five new passenger planes arrived in Iran from a French-Italian manufacturer on August 4. (IRINN via AP)
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