The US Defense Department told Sputnik on Wednesday that its top policy official, Under Secretary John Rood, was asked to leave his post

The number of international airlines flying through Iranian airspace is on the rise as regional tensions, which surged in January following the death of a top Iranian commander and the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger aircraft in Tehran, have cooled, the country's Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday citing a senior aviation official

The Pentagon's top policy official US Under Secretary of Defense John Rood will leave his post soon after being asked for his resignation, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter

The head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) regional security bloc said, in an interview with the Euroactive news website out Wednesday, that a frozen conflict in eastern Ukraine was still possible

Paris aims to intensify dialogue with Moscow on a wide range of issues, including European security, the Arctic, regional conflicts, space and human rights, the French president's special envoy for security dialogue with Russia said, while announcing his upcoming talks with Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov

Moscow will play a important role in strategic planning for the European Union, European Commission Vice President for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic told Sputnik in an interview

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday declined to reveal details of President Vladimir Putin's phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy