RUSSIA

Aleksandar Vucic called the parliamentary ballot just two years after he became prime minister following a landslide election win for his conservative Progressive Party.

Finance chiefs are caught between public calls for greater transparency and company concerns that fully disclosed data will be misinterpreted.

CEO Steve Easterbrook was brought over from Britain in early 2015 to save the ailing fast-food chain. Here's how he says that’s paid off.

What has been dubbed Russian President Vladimir Putin's “personal army,” meant to fight crime and terror, could be authorized to shoot into crowds.

The breakfast program, and promotional offerings, are attracting more customers to the fast-food chain’s U.S. restaurants.

As many as 150 people have reached Greek shores from Turkey every day over the last three days, the International Organization for Migration reported.

According to Israel’s top-selling newspaper, Russian military forces in Syria fired at Israeli Air Force planes at least twice in recent weeks.

A Russian hacker's online bragging about his malware creation helped security firm Trend Micro track him down — and alert the FBI.

The exiled former National Security Agency contractor hopes to accept a free-speech award there, but fears extradition to the U.S.

Russian government officials have admitted they expect no economic growth in 2016.

Top Saudi oil officials say the door “remains open” to a possible freeze on global crude production despite failed talks last weekend.

NATO has been patrolling the Aegean Sea since February to curb human trafficking, which has reportedly helped slow the influx of refugees making the dangerous crossing.

Venezuela predicted oil prices could crash in the next few weeks if producers failed to resume dialogue as the specter of oversupply loomed.

The City of London, the U.K.’s financial hub, warns that bankers could leave London and currency trading would be hit if Britain leaves the EU.

NATO’s general-secretary noted “persistent disagreements­” at the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since the start of the Ukraine conflict in 2014.

A Dutch court on Wednesday struck down a July 2014 ruling that ordered Russia to pay $50 billion in damages to former shareholders of the now-defunct Yukos oil company.

The incident comes days after the Russian news agency said Ankara had temporarily blocked its website amid mounting tensions between the two countries.

A Tuesday strike at a crowded market may have been the deadliest attack since a partial ceasefire took effect Feb. 27, a monitoring group said.

The IMF also canceled a planned trip to Mozambique this week after discovering the country allegedly had $1 billion in previously undisclosed government debt.

Breakthroughs are not expected in the first Russia-NATO talks since the start of the Ukraine crisis following provocative Russian military maneuvers in the Baltic Sea.

Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke made the requests at a meeting Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.