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Russia's Justice Ministry has added the banned All-Tatar Public Center (TIU) to its list of extremist organizations, the Federal Security Service said on November 18.

Iranian protesters have set fire to the ancestral home of the Islamic republic's late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in the central Iranian city of Khomein.

The construction of a planned barbed-wired fence along Finland's long border with Russia will start early next year, Finnish border guard officials said on November 18, amid concerns in the Nordic country over the changing security environment in Europe.

Kian Pirfalak was killed on November 17 in the southwestern city of Izeh amid antiestablishment protests in Iran. State media claimed that the 9-year-old was killed in a "terrorist attack." But his mother says he was shot dead by Iranian security forces.

On the centenary of his birth, we look at the life and legacy of Yuri Knorozov, the Ukrainian-born linguist who is now popularly regarded as the man who single-handedly deciphered the ancient writing of Mesoamerica’s Maya civilization.

A Kyrgyz man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his involvement in the assassination of opposition politician Medet Sadyrkulov, a killing that shocked the Central Asian nation in 2009.

Kazakh authorities have warned citizens of the Central Asian nation against holding rallies on November 20 when voting will take place in an early presidential election.

Thailands premier and APEC host Prayut says he wants 2 day summit to discuss how leaders can help transition to sustainable economic growth, development.

The de facto leadership of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh is ready to negotiate with Azerbaijan, but only in an international format with the participation of mediators, a senior representative in Stepanakert said on November 18.

Yale researchers with U.S. State Department backing say they have documented allegations of extrajudicial detentions and disappearances under Russian occupation in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Kherson that are "consistent with an intentional and targeted campaign."