The United States will be closely monitoring Russia's annual Vostok military exercises as the drills get underway next week with participation of China, National Intelligence Director Dan Coats said at an event in Maryland on Tuesday.

The United Kingdom and the European Union should reach agreement on climate goals and avoid tariffs that would raise energy prices, the French energy company EDF, UK-Dutch goods company Unilever, Energy UK trade association and several other groups said Tuesday in an open letter

The Turkish military is sending military equipment to Kilis province bordering Syria over concerns of a new wave of refugees that could be provoked by a possible military operation in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, media reported on Tuesday

The terrorism hotbed in Idlib destabilizes the situation in Syria and undermines the work towards the political settlement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.

DMCC, the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, has announced the official opening of its representative office operated by the German Arabian Advisory GmbH in Dusseldorf, Germany.

The Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, is continuing to support the liberated governorates and cities of Yemen, through implementing developmental and service projects to meet the needs of the Yemeni people, as well as distributing food baskets to answer their immediate requirements.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that it would host a special briefing on September 6 to inform foreign military attaches about the Vostok-2018 military exercises.

The UK army's Foxhound armored vehicles in Afghanistan give out roughly once a week because of overheating, UK media reported on Monday.

The German car manufacturer BMW has to pay a fine of 10 million euros ($11.61 million) for the installation of inadmissible emission control devices on its diesel cars, to keep the case out of court, local media reported Monday.