The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, spoke with the leaders of the CIS countries about work and relations between the countries. The President said that the CIS partners are concerned about the development of relations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and he informs them in detail about the situation, but this does…
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading “fake news,” Agence France-Presse reported. The new rules cement the government’s already-firm grip on the media eight months before a general election that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan enters trailing in…
Lawmakers in Iraq have elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s new president, paving the way for the formation of a new government and ending a year of deadlock. He replaces fellow Iraqi Kurd Barham Saleh as head of state after the two-round vote in parliament on Thursday, winning more than 160…
