Russia and the United States have been on the verge of agreement on a prisoner exchange, a senior Russian diplomat said on November 29.
The son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin denied any wrongdoing as his trial started in northern Norway, where he is accused of violating a law that bars Russians from flying drones.
The chief of Russian forces in Syria has met with a Kurdish commander over threats by Turkey to launch a new incursion into northern Syria, a Kurdish spokesman said.
The U.S. soccer federation briefly displayed Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic republic, saying the move supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations' World Cup match on November 29.
Ukrainian authorities endeavored on November 26 to restore electricity and water services after a recent pummeling by Russian military strikes that vastly damaged infrastructure.
One man was shot and wounded and a number of others were detained following reports of a clash between migrants in a northern Serbian town on the border with Hungary, police said on November 25.
Iran's political turmoil cast a shadow over Iran's second match in the World Cup on November 25, with pro-government fans harassing anti-government fans outside the stadium in Qatar.
Iran arrested a prominent former member of its national soccer team on November 24 over his criticism of the government as authorities grapple with nationwide protests that have cast a shadow over its competition at the World Cup.
The Taliban lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium on November 23, signaling the religious extremist group's resumption of a brutal form of punishment that was a hallmark of their rule in the 1990s.
The U.S. Treasury Department has released new details of its long-awaited plan to impose a price cap on Russian oil, but the United States and its allies are still finalizing how much they'll pay for petroleum exports.
Ukrainians could face rolling blackouts from now through March amid frigid, snowy weather because Russian air strikes have caused "colossal" damage to Ukraine's power grid, officials said.
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of espionage in a predawn operation on November 22 in the Stockholm area.
Hungary's top diplomat traveled to Russia on November 21 to take part in an international forum on nuclear energy, underscoring his country's persistently close ties with Moscow amid the war in Ukraine.
More Afghans will be struggling for survival as living conditions deteriorate in the year ahead, a top official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in an interview, as the country braces for its second winter under Taliban rule.
Iranian missiles and drones struck an Iranian Kurdish opposition group's bases in northern Iraq during the night of November 20, the group said.
Ukraine says it will investigate video footage circulated on Russian social media that Moscow alleges shows that Ukrainian forces killed Russian troops who may have been trying to surrender, after one of the men seemingly refuses to lay down his weapon and opens fire.
Polish officials have inspected the initial installation phase of high-tech monitoring equipment along a metal wall on the border with Belarus geared toward preventing thousands of migrants from crossing into the EU country.
The construction of a planned barbed-wired fence along Finland's long border with Russia will start early next year, Finnish border guard officials said on November 18, amid concerns in the Nordic country over the changing security environment in Europe.
An anti-government protest erupted at the funeral of a 9-year-old Iranian boy whose mother blames security forces for shooting him dead after their family vehicle was stopped near an ongoing protest.
Hungary will not support a European Union plan to provide Ukraine with billions in budget assistance next year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on November 18, digging in on his country's blocking of a major aid package the EU unveiled last week.
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