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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has repeated a warning that Russia has assembled combat-ready troops, tanks, and heavy military equipment near its border with Ukraine and cautioned Moscow that any force against its neighbor would incur "costs."

Moldova has a novel approach to its coronavirus vaccination campaign, blending humor with the macabre in a bid to encourage Moldovans to get the shot. With only about 35 percent of the population vaccinated, the initiative is badly needed.

Parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan a year ago ended with unrest that brought down the government. Many who protested called for changes in how and who was running the country. As Kyrgyzstan finally holds new elections, here's what has changed and what hasn't in the year since the uprising.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have expressed willingness toward progress on border delimitation and improving economic and transport links after Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted trilateral talks in Sochi.

An exhibition on the 10,000-year-old Shangshan culture opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing on Nov. 21. BEIJING, Nov. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NEWS PROVIDED BY Global Times

A British judge has found that a book that claimed Russian-Israeli oligarch Roman Abramovich bought London's Chelsea soccer club on the Kremlin's orders as part of a plot to gain influence in the United Kingdom were defamatory after he sued for libel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Aleksandr Kalashnikov as director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Kremlin said in a statement, after disturbing videos of torture and rape inside a jail were leaked.

An Armenia court has opened a controversial trial against a human rights activist from the minority Yazidi community over comments he made in an interview, despite international concerns about his prosecution.

At least six people have died and 43 were injured in an explosion caused by a fire that broke out in a coal mine in the Kemerovo region of Siberia, while 49 miners were still trapped underground, authorities say.

Russia says it is prepared to mediate efforts to repair relations between Armenia and Turkey following reports earlier this week of a request by Yerevan to facilitate such a rapprochement.