RUSSIA

The three-day meeting, which begins Friday, comes at a time when risks to global economic growth have intensified.

Seven highlights from the Russian president’s annual, and highly stage-managed, question-and-answer session.

The Russian president was answering questions from Russian citizens — about 2.5 million questions were submitted — during an annual call-in show Thursday.

Russian authorities insisted the maneuvers were routine.

Mohamed Abrini reportedly said that departure areas for flights to U.S., Russia and Israel were targeted in the attack on Brussels airport.

For the first time in United Nations history, candidates for secretary-general are publicly presenting their visions and taking questions from the public.

Negotiations over a new government seem near to conclusion after the resignation of Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk.

Opponents of the Syrian government, including France, slammed the parliamentary elections taking place Wednesday as a sham.

Russia’s Gazprom is set to resume full supply to the gas companies with a newly agreed upon price reduction in place, according to reports.

Opposition groups widely denounced the elections, which were held Wednesday as peace talks over the ongoing conflict in Syria restarted in Geneva.

While coalition members have agreed to the outline of Plan B — to be implemented if the ceasefire fails — the White House has yet to approve a list of specific weapons systems.

South Korea and the United States are in talks to install the missile system in the Korean Peninsula to counter threats from North Korea.

While the Islamic State group has focused on attacks in Europe, its numbers have decreased in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. says.

Global oil prices rallied after a report that top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to freeze output ahead of a much-anticipated meeting.

One path “could drive America down into a ditch, not make us great again,” GOP candidate John Kasich is expected to say.

NATO has said it will not return to business as usual until Russia respects international law.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on Monday (April 11) for members of parliament to swiftly create a new coalition.

According to Russian news agency Interfax, two militants were killed when one blew himself up near the police station in Stavropol.

The global population of wild tigers has risen for the first time in over a century, a survey by the WWF and the Global Tiger Forum showed.

Syrian President Bashar Assad has been accused of using chemical weapons on his own people, but ally Iran continues to support him.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rejects Bernie Sanders’ contention Israel’s retaliation for rockets was disproportionate.