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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the country is "seriously lagging behind" in certain social and economic areas and the government must act to "improve people's livelihoods" as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases.

Armenian media organizations have condemned authorities for removing journalists from a room reserved for the press in the National Assembly during brawls that took place among deputies this week.

Recently elected Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said his government will place a priority on fighting COVID-19.

Thirty years after it gained independence from the collapsing Soviet Union, Ukraine is struggling to loosen what civil society activists, Western officials, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy say is the debilitating grip of influential tycoons.

European preview: PSG wait on Messi, Serie A season kicks off

How bad are ticks this year? An expert explains why tick-borne diseases are on the rise.

In August 1991, the collapse of an attempted coup by hard-liners bent on reversing reforms hastened the breakup of the Soviet Union, which was gone by the end of the year -- replaced by 15 independent states. In Russia, how far back will Vladimir Putin turn the clock?

Ukraine's president says the fate of Crimea has fallen off the global agenda more than seven years after Russia seized the peninsula. Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes an upcoming international gathering will change that.

Talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have been moved back to August 31 from August 30.

In a display of their deepening ties, Beijing and Moscow held military drills this week in western China, with a focus on security in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Read the latest China In Eurasia briefing for expert comment and more about Chinese influence from Eastern Europe to Central Asia.