RUSSIA

Keeping his distance

Fans packed out stadiums and fanzones

A convoy of US troops outside the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province

Meet the “90 Day Fiancé” Season 7 cast ahead of the TLC premiere.

Turkey started joint patrols with Russia in northern Syria Friday to verify whether Kurdish forces have withdrawn from a key border zone in compliance with a deal reached between Ankara and Moscow.It follows an agreement they signed in the Black Sea resort of Sochi last week which gave Kurdish forces 150 hours to withdraw from a band of territory along Syria's border with Turkey, in a process that Russia said was now complete.

Alberto Fernandez (right) thanked Cristina Kirchner (left) for giving him the opportunity to run for the presidency, but inists he's no puppet

The Trophy protective weapon system is the most technologically advanced available of its type and already combat-tested by the Israeli army.

Cuba's foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez, pictured in September, described accusations of meddling as malicious

For Human Rights is led by Lev Ponomaryov, one of the country's most prominent activists

Powerful army chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah has led the push for presidential polls by the end of 2019, which has been rejected by the protest movement

The internet is the country's main forum for political debate and opposing voices as well as coordinating opposition demonstrations

Some of the F-35s, intended originally to be sold to Turkey, will now go to other partner nations.

Chile's government met with opposition leaders Thursday in a fresh bid to end deadly protests that forced the country to abandon hosting two major economic and climate summits, but leftist parties poured scorn on the efforts.The unrest started with protests against a rise in transport tickets and other austerity measures and descended into vandalism, looting, and clashes between demonstrators and police.

A deeply divided Congress formally opened a new, public phase of its investigation into Donald Trump on Thursday as US lawmakers voted for the first time to advance the impeachment process targeting the US president."Today the House takes the next step forward as we establish the procedures for open hearings... so that the public can see the facts for themselves," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Washington's top Democrat.

In the Kremlin, Putin has surrounded himself with many former employees of the KGB

A complex Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal struck last week has left Qamishli's Kurds uncertain about their future

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Nord Stream 2 gas project is "not just a matter of energy security, it is a geopolitical issue," as he welcomed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

Nearly 90 percent of overseas K-pop fans in 111 countries said they would like to visit South Korea in future

Trafficking networks reach deep into the remote communities of Vietnam

NASA’s asteroid tracking system has spotted a space rock that’s currently moving towards Earth. If the approaching asteroid ends up colliding with the planet, it would create a huge explosion in the sky on Halloween.

Turkey-backed Syrian fighters watch as smoke billows in the distance during clashes between Syrian regime forces, and Turkish forces, 15kms east of the northeastern town of Ras al-Ein, on October 30, 2019