Ukraine's Naftogaz received Russian energy giant Gazprom's proposal to extend the transit contract, will carefully study it and respond soon, Naftogaz Executive Director Yuriy Vitrenko said Monday

Thousands of local residents marched toward the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), where hundreds of student protesters have been trapped by the police for a few days amid violent clashes, on Monday evening, a participant, who declined to be named, told Sputnik

The United Kingdom is concerned by the escalating violence from both police and protesters occupying university campuses, a Foreign Office spokesperson said Monday

Russia's Gazprom has officially proposed to Ukraine's Naftogaz to extend the existing contract for the Russian gas transit through Ukraine, which expires in the end of the year, or to sign a new deal for one year taking into consideration the forecast for the European Union's gas demand, and it has also made it a condition that both sides should refuse any court and antimonopoly bodies claims

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) provided the US Embassy in Kiev with details of criminal probes into the scandal-hit gas producer Burisma, former Ukrainian chief prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said in an interview out Monday

At least 36 people have died since protests erupted across over the fuel price hike.Al Arabiya citing sources reported that the Iranian security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Martyrs' square in Tehran

Moldova's recently appointed Prime Minister Ion Chicu has announced plans to hold a working visit to Moscow later this week, adding that the countries have many matters to discuss

Hong Kong police on Monday refuted reports regarding its assault on Polytechnic University's campus, where clashes with anti-government protesters took place on Sunday

The opening ceremony for the final phase of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), which will deliver Azerbaijani gas to Europe, is planned for November 30 in Turkey's western city of Edirne, a source in the Azerbaijani energy market told Sputnik