Clashes have broken out between police and fans of late Diego Maradona at a square outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires as crowds are flocking to pay last respects to the Argentine football icon, the TN broadcaster reported on Thursday

Moscow and Minsk can see through West's hostile attempts to influence the internal situation in both Russia and Belarus, however there are tools for self-defense, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday after a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

South Korea has approved mass production of new ground-based missiles capable of bursting through the North's underground tunnels housing long-range projectiles, media said Wednesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to postpone his working visit to Nizhny Novgorod's town of Sarov due to weather conditions and plans to hold talks with Rosneft chief in Moscow instead, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday

New US sanctions may target the key companies that are part of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and nuclear energy agency Rosatom, according to the draft document developed by the US President Donald Trump's administration, as seen by Sputnik

Over 50 international experts from 23 countries will take part in the first online Global Impact Conference, titled Energy for Impact on December 1-2, to discuss how to facilitate human-centric approaches to improving global economic growth

Barrington M. Salmon - US small businesses, especially those owned by Blacks and Hispanics, have been hit hardest by the pandemic with no end in sight despite billions of dollars in government stimulus loans

The European Commission is set to approve a deal with US company Moderna on Wednesday to supply the European Union member states with 160 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine and plans to sign another contract in the quest for the most "comprehensive vaccine portfolios," Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday

Global oil markets continue rally, and WTI crude topped $45 per barrel for the first time since March 6

The United States will provide $600 million for civilian assistance in Afghanistan next year but half of those funds will depend on progress made in peace talks, Under Secretary of State David Hale said on Tuesday

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer admitted Tuesday she did not know how to salute properly, having been barred from serving in the military in her youth