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State Department representative on Iran Brian Hook testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin worries many NATO member states

Putin's visit to Abu Dhabi comes a day after a trip to UAE ally Riyadh

Hundreds of people including Russian and US astronauts and top officials bid farewell Tuesday to Alexei Leonov, a legendary Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man to perform a spacewalk.Thomas Stafford, an 89-year-old retired NASA astronaut, Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel into space, and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu were among those gathered outside Moscow to pay their last respects to the Soviet space icon.

Putin's visit to Abu Dhabi comes a day after a trip to UAE ally Riyadh

Yet another front opened in Syria's war when Turkey launched an assault last week targeting Kurdish forces

Ukrainian nationalist demonstrators called for victory in the five-year war against Moscow-backed separatists

Turkish troops with American-made M60 tanks move near the village of Qirata in Syria

"We will absolutely work with Saudi Arabia and our other partners and friends in the Arab world... to reduce to zero any attempt to destabilise the oil market," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Arabic-language news channels

Current President Sooronbay Jeenbekov -- seen with Vladimir Putin -- was formerly close to Atambayev, who helped to secure his poll win in 2017 -- but the pair fell out, sparking clashes in August

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says "if there is no pullback (of troops) there is no Normandy summit" with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Governments have voiced concern over the Turkish military's assault on Syria

The arrests of American Michael Calvey (L), founder of multi-billion-dollar investment fund Baring Vostok, and French banker Philippe Delpal have raised serious concerns among foreign investors in Russia

Riot police used pepper spray during clashes with far-right groups trying to disrupt the Gay Pride parade in Lublin

Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles responsible for breathing and moving parts of the body, including the arms and legs.

Zelensky (R) is gearing up to hold his first summit with Putin (L) in an effort revive a stalled peace process to end the five-year separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine

Claude Chirac paid a tearful tribute to her father

The purpose of Duterte's visit was to seek greater defense ties with Russia but some pictures of a somewhat disheveled Philippine President drew some attention on social media by Russian Twitter users.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin could potentially meet for the first time this month in talks aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine

A shaman opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is not of sound mind; Putin is pictured October 2, 2019

A spokesman for Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte (right) defended his dishevelled appearance at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) in Moscow