Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, Gen. Mark Milley, has gone into self-isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus during the weekend, the Department of Defense said on Monday

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani returned to the Austrian capital city of Vienna on Monday to continue negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian Nuclear Program (JCPOA) and the lifting of the US sanctions against Tehran, Iranian official media reported

Europe is ready to discuss with Russia its proposals on security guarantees, French Ambassador to Russia Pierre Levy said on Monday

Russia is yet to see any significant results of this week's security talks with the United States and NATO and will wait for their written responses to its security proposals to decide whether further meetings are necessary, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said

The first six planes with Russian peacekeepers from the forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) arrived at the Severny airfield in the Russian city of Ivanovo from Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday

Tokyo and Paris intend to hold a virtual security meeting in mid-January to discuss China's increasing power in the East and South China seas, as well as recent launches of North Korea's ballistic missiles, Kyodo News Agency reported, citing sources in the Japanese government.

The deployment of CSTO peacekeepers into Kazakhstan was timely, the appeal of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reflected the difficult situation in the country, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said

The state of emergency will be lifted on Saturday in a number of regions of Kazakhstan, the country is returning to normal life, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said on Friday

The World Economic Forum (WEF) will hold the Davos Agenda virtual event from January 17-21, during which heads of state and government, CEOs and other leaders will discuss critical challenges facing the world today and present their ideas on how to address them, according to a WEF press release

The Japanese government has established a crisis management center following another suspected missile launch by North Korea, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Friday

Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said on Friday that he expects inflation to start decreasing from May