Russia & CIS

Bloomberg’s Dollar Spot Index, which tracks the currency against 10 peers, rose 0.8 percent.

Ukraine's state Antonov enterprise has started works to assemble 10 An-178 airplanes as part of an agreement with an Azerbaijani company.

Armenian armed forces have violated ceasefire 14 times a day from different directions of the frontline.

The eight-month curfew in Diyarbakir city, southeast Turkey, is to be lifted Saturday morning, the provincial governor’s office said Friday.

Twenty-two Daesh terrorists were killed in and around Mosul.

Brett Ryan, 35, who appeared in court briefly on Friday, was arrested in 2008 for committing robberies in disguise, police said.

Russia faces the task to build a gas pipeline bypassing Ukraine by 2019. For the time being, though, things are right where they started. It has been reported recently that Gazprom was going to close the department in charge of the South Stream project. The state of affairs with the Nord Stream-2 project leaves much to be desired too

Russia completes the tests of stratospheric weapons for long-range bombers. The weapons are said to be capable of striking targets at a distance of 1,000 kilometers. The Russian long-range supersonic missile-bombers Tu-22M3 with the variable geometry of wings, (NATO reporting name Backfire) will be equipped with X-32 cruise missiles

The news about the Russian Air Force leaving the Iranian Hamadan air base came as a surprise. The Russian aviation started bombing ISIL in Syria from the Iranian base a few days ago. Many assumed that the deployment of Russian military aircraft in Iran came as a sign of a higher level of military and political partnership between Russia and Iran

Binali Yildirim says normalization of relations with Israel will never prevent Turkey's stand for Palestinians.

On August 23, 1993, some 51 villages and the center of the Fuzuli region were seized by Armenians, as a result of which 55,000 residents left homes

The IDF says it has attacked a Syrian Army launch site near Israel’s border in the Golan Heights, after a Syrian mortar landed in Israeli territory.

Army shells Daesh in Jerablus, PYD in Manbij.

'We continue to strongly support the democratic government of our allies in Turkey,' White House says

The move comes after Austria banned anti-coup march but allowed pro-PKK march.

The new strategy suggests specific priorities to stop the mosquito-borne disease in the region and has been adopted by all 47 African member states.

The European countries need a common army to boost the protection of the EU external borders, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said Monday.

Iranian defense minister says Russia will use the base for a limited time in line with the need in Syria.

Fight against Fetullah Terrorist Organization, new constitution, developments in Syria come under discussion at meeting.

Russian Ministry of Defense: "Our planes return from Iranian air base after coping with tasks."