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Russia has sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for trying to pass military secrets about Russia's Northern Fleet to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday.

China's foreign minister will visit Seoul next week for meetings with officials there, South Korea's foreign ministry said on Friday, amid efforts to resume bilateral summit diplomacy and stalled nuclear talks involving North Korea.

South Korea's prime minister on Friday pleaded with the public to avoid social gatherings and warned that tougher measures may be needed if a new wave of coronavirus infections is not quickly contained.

France wants international supervision to implement a ceasefire in the NagornoKarabakh conflict amid concerns in Paris that Russia and Turkey could strike a deal to cut out Western powers from future peace talks, the presidency said on Thursday.

More than five hundred fishermen in Senegal have contracted a mysterious skin disease after returning from sea, a senior government health official said on Thursday.

President Michel Aoun on Thursday specified Lebanon's starting point for demarcating its sea border with Israel under U.S.mediated talks, in the first public confirmation of a stance sources say actually increases the size of the disputed area.

Sweden is struggling to contain a second wave of COVID19, partly due to a lack of testing capacity, which has left people waiting days for test results and thrust its unorthodox pandemic strategy into the limelight once again.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to restore Britain's navy to its position as Europe's most powerful maritime force on Thursday, highlighting that shipbuilding could also help heal divisions between the four nations of the United Kingdom.

Poland reported a new daily high of coronavirusrelated deaths for the second day in a row on Thursday as fatalities mounted despite stabilising numbers of new infections.

The number of new COVID19 infections in Germany is still far too high but there are signs that distancing measures are working so the positive trend of stabilising case numbers should continue, health officials said on Thursday.

Lawmakers in Russia's parliament presented draft legislation on Thursday that, if passed, would enable the government to restrict internet access to U.S. social media giants deemed to have discriminated against Russian media outlets.

A few days after securing the presidency over Trump, Biden's sister Valerie — who has played a key role in his political career but generally remains out of the public eye — expressed confidence he would seek reelection.

A Polish judge critical of the ruling nationalists' judiciary reforms had his immunity from prosecution removed on Wednesday by a disciplinary chamber the EU says is not independent, underlining a rift over the rule of law that has left the country at odd...

Shanghai Shenhua beat Perth Glory 21 at the Education City Stadium on Wednesday as group games in the Asian Champions League east zone resumed after a lengthy suspension due to the COVID19 outbreak.

Thousands of Thai protesters took to the streets of Bangkok on Wednesday despite the worst violence in months of demonstrations the day before, when police fired water cannon and tear gas and at least 55 people were hurt.

Unleashing torrential floods even as it weakened, Storm Iota churned through Central America on Tuesday, causing swollen rivers to burst their banks, flipping roofs onto streets and killing at least nine people across the region.