The United States has traditionally been the main supplier of arms to the former American colony

Russia to send 'Kalashnikov' guns to Philippines: Duterte

Kyrgyz?President Almazbek Atambayev had been due to attend a meeting of presidents of former Soviet republics in?Russia on Oct.11-12, his office said in a statement

Kyrgyz leader cancels Russia visit, cites riot threat ahead of election

The announcement came as the leading social network turned over to Congress some 3,000 Russia-linked ads that appeared to use hot-button issues to turn people against one another ahead of last year's US election

Facebook beefing up team to thwart election manipulation

The administration is scouring the White House server for emails to and from private email accounts of these aides, Politico said, quoting four people familiar with the probe

White House probing use of private email

Jon Huntsman, who served as governor of Utah, has worked in numerous US administrations

Jon Huntsman confirmed as US ambassador to Russia

The country's communications regulator, Roskomnadzo, did not say what breaches CNN had made

Russia accuses CNN International of violating Russian media law

"Grave?human?rights?violations, such as arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment and torture, and at least one extra-judicial execution were documented," the report said.

Russian occupation of Crimea marked by grave human rights violations: UN

Russian?President Vladimir Putin and his?Iranian?counterpart Hassan Rouhani?discussed the?Iraqi?Kurdish?independence referendum.

Putin, Rouhani?discuss Iraqi Kurdish vote

The exercises are scheduled to take place in the Sea of Japan and Okhotsk Sea, after the first stage?was held on July 22-27 in the Baltic Sea.

China, Russia start second stage of Joint Sea-2017 naval drills

Officials hailed the development as a sign of stability returning to the war-torn country

Russia and Iraq restore air travel after 13-year freeze

There has been no official word on a possible meeting between the two leaders

Indications that Modi, Xi may meet on sidelines of BRICS summit

'Construction of a tall building starts with foundation. We have laid the foundation and put in place the framework for BRICS cooperation,' Xi said

Xi opens BRICS summit, asks members to shelve differences

The goal of hajj is to create a global Muslim community, with no class distinctions but citizens of Qatar can't undertake hajj this year.

What is the spiritual significance of hajj to a Muslim?

Eight more people were injured, five of them seriously

Bus plunges into Black sea in southern Russia, 18 killed

The status of Alexandre Vinnik Jabber secure online messaging account was set to "away"

Trump seeks warmer ties with Russia, hackers rattled

Sudanese officials had announced the death of Mirgayas Shirinsky on Wednesday evening

Mirgayas Shirinskiy, Russia to Sudan envoy found dead at his residence

An investment consortium comprising Trafigura and UCP has also announced the closure of their acquisition of a separate 49 per cent share of EOL

Russia's Rosneft closes deal to buy 49 per cent stake in India's Essar Oil

The Melbourne-born 30-year-old won a sprint bronze for Australia at the 2012 Olympics in London but missed out on selection for last year's Rio Games.

Cyclist Perkins gets nod from Putin for Russia switch

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new round of economic sanctions on Moscow that targets the Russian energy sector

Russia may impose counter-measures on US after new sanctions: foreign ministry

The website is part of a growing nongovernmental effort to diminish Moscow's ability to meddle in future elections in the United States and Europe

New website aims to track Russian-backed propaganda on Twitter

According to Alrosa, which is state-controlled, it is potentially the most expensive?diamond manufactured in the history of?Russian jewellery because of its quality

Russia to auction rare collection of polished diamond domestically

Russia's foreign ministry said after a phone call between the two diplomats that the cooperation is 'possible only on the basis of equality, mutual respect'

Russia 'still ready' to cooperate with US: Lavrov to Tillerson

The quake struck at 11:34 am on Tuesday (2334 GMT on Monday) some 125 miles (200 km) from the city of Nikolskoye on Bering island off the Kamchatka Peninsula

Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Russia's Kamchatka

Obama had closed Russian facilities in New York and Maryland in response to purported cyber hacking attacks targeting parts of the US government, infrastructure, think tanks and political organisations

Russia warns US of retaliation over Obama-era diplomat expulsions

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