Russian president, according to the new draft law "On Government", will be able to dismiss any government member, including the prime minister, without dissolving the government, Pavel Krasheninnikov, head of the State Duma Committee on State-Building and Legislation, said on Tuesday

Lawyers representing the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) in a legal case over the Venezuelan gold reserves held by the Bank of England told the England Court of Appeals on Tuesday that the UK government had always recognized Nicolas Maduro as the country's de facto president

US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad told a Congress panel on Tuesday that Russia is largely supportive of American diplomacy to reach a negotiated solution to the conflict in the country

The award ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize will be held in an abridged format this year out of coronavirus-related precautions, with the venue moved from the City Hall of the Norwegian capital of Oslo to a local university, Nobel Institute Director Olav Njolstad said on Tuesday

Moscow regrets that the United States is taking steps to militarize space; measures are needed to prohibit any deployment of weapons there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Monday

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, along with the country's Defense Industries Organization, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said

Candidates from the center-right coalitions are projected to win in the Liguria and Veneto regions, while in Campania, a left-wing candidate is expected to be victorious, according to the first exit polls out on Monday

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