Frederic Belot, the French lawyer of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik, who has been in detention since 2017 charged with money laundering, has requested the Court of Appeal in Paris to carry out a psychological examination of his client for suicide risk, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the courtroom on Tuesday

A promotional event for Hollywood blockbuster Fast & Furious 9, scheduled to be held in China's Shanghai on Tuesday, was canceled by Universal Pictures over security concerns after the company received threats

The UN Refugee Agency expressed its concern on Tuesday over incidents of forced return of Mozambicans from Tanzania where they were seeking refuge after fleeing from the war-torn northern Mozambican border province of Cabo Delgado

Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor said it praised Twitter's efforts to comply with the requirements of Russian legislation and decided not to block this social network and even partially remove restrictions, keeping traffic slowdown only on mobile devices

Spain's National High Court has discontinued a secret investigation into the alleged malign influence of Russia in the actions of supporters of Catalonia's independence, the elDiario.es online newspaper reported on Monday

An influx of extremists from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to Syria has stopped, Syrian Ambassador in Beijing Imad Moustapha told Sputnik, adding that only several hundred militants of Xinjiang origin remain inside the Arab country