The Turkish military is clearing the area in northeastern Syria where fighting as part of Operation Peace Spring took place of mines following the announcement of a temporary ceasefire agreement, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Friday

The date of the upcoming summit in the Normandy Four format on the situation in Ukraine has not been determined yet as the parties are still coordinating it, Deputy Foreign Minister Evgeny Ivanov told Sputnik on Friday

A group of 98 Japanese lawmakers paid a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo, a place that other Asian nations regard as a symbol of Japan's militarist past, local media reported Friday

Harlem Desir, the media freedom representative at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) denounced on Friday the incident of two men throwing politicized leaflets onto the Serbian N1 TV broadcaster's territory

South Korean President Moon Jae-in saw his approval rating fall below 40 percent over the past week amid the resignation of Justice Minister Cho Kuk over a scandal the latter was involved in, media reported on Friday, citing poll results

Former skipper Ramiz Raja has urged head coach Misbah-ul-Haq to bar those players from foreign leagues who were not willing to follow discipline and maintain fitness

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived back in Islamabad Friday after spending an unexpected night in Lahore when thunderstorms forced their pilot to abort two landing attempts in the capital, reporters travelling with them said

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has tasked Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller with briefing him on developments in gas transit talks with Ukraine, also voicing regret over the fact that Kiev receives reverse gas flows from the European Union instead of purchasing Russian gas

The Russian Public Press Complaints Council has ruled that Associated Press (AP) has violated principles of journalistic ethics by releasing a story on Russian municipal elections, in which Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) head Ella Pamfilova's words have been misrepresented

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend an opening ceremony of the 7th Military World Games in the eastern Chinese city of Wuhan later on Friday, media reported

Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Thursday warned about the negative consequences that the Turkish military operation would have on the humanitarian situation and political settlement process in Syria and added that Egypt welcomed the United States' sanctions on Turkey

Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal on Thursday said Pakistan had exclusive rights over three Western rivers, adding that any attempt by India to divert the flow of these rivers would be considered an "act of aggression"

US officials have never refuted accusations against espionage-charged US national Paul Whelan during their working contacts with Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Thursday

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar says Pakistan and UK are moving ahead together in journey of progress and prosperity

More than 1,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring said on Thursday

A Palestinian man tried to ram his vehicle into Israeli troops who were conducting a secret counterterrorism operation in the Amari refugee camp near the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, Israeli police said

Russia hopes to sign mutual visa recognition agreement with Belarus by the end of the year, as the document is ready, State Secretary - Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov said on Thursday