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The measures expected to be announced Thursday are part of a plan to revive the North African nation’s waning tourism industry.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed in the volatile Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board.

Guinea, one of the African nations where the most recent outbreak of Ebola took place, has asked Russia for help in dispensing the vaccine.

As the Russian economy struggles, Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle continues to make gains.

Russia’s economy was booming a year and a half ago when oil prices were higher, but now officials need to make cuts.

Vladimir Pribylovsky was a writer who covered intra-Kremlin power struggles.

Ukraine has plans to expand its list of banned Russian goods while the Kremlin is preparing for a legal challenge against Kiev.

Authorities have blamed the Islamic State group for the attack Tuesday in the ancient center of Istanbul, but no group has claimed responsibility.

Russia President Vladimir Putin has for many years described NATO's efforts to develop defenses against ballistic missiles as a move to "neutralize" Moscow.

The slowdown in China’s growth has hit oil prices hard from the demand side, but supply issues could still bring more shocks.

However, granting asylum to the Syrian president would not be as difficult as sheltering U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, the Russian leader said.

The Iranian government said Monday that it filled in the core of the Arak heavy water nuclear reactor, which will now be reconfigured to yield only small amounts of plutonium.

The president has introduced new expressions, from gender terms to technology brands, in his State of the Union addresses. Expect more firsts Tuesday.

Military generals in Moscow claim to have conducted more than 1,000 airstrikes and liberated dozens of Syrian settlements in the past month.

Indonesia and China are among other countries interested in the Su-35 fighter jet.

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Western sanctions against his government, while praising German Chancellor Angela Merkel as "professional."

The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that Russian airstrike hit a school in the town of Anjara in Aleppo province.

Russian and Western governments have maintained that Metrojet flight 9268 was brought down by a bomb.

Polish authorities made allusions to World War II losses under German occupation during a debate over freedom of speech.

“Every day I wake up and start searching for food,” says a man in the besieged town of Madaya. “The children are always crying.”

The official indicates the airstrikes may have harmed the Islamic State group less than other rebel organizations in Syria.