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The Russian online media outlet NEWSru has announced its closure, blaming the country's current "political situation," which has made it economically impossible to function, as advertisers shun independent sources of information.

Cleaning-product brand Domestos has announced the winners of a competition for the worst school toilets in Russia, unleashing a wave of online criticism over the creaking condition of bathrooms across the country.

Iran says substantial progress has been made in talks with world powers to revive a landmark nuclear deal, but critical issues remain unresolved.

Women who've been imprisoned in Iran have gathered on the Clubhouse social-networking app to share their experiences of sexual abuse at the hands of their jailers.

Russians rarely learn what has been discussed when President Vladimir Putin talks with Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the Belarusian strongman who relies on his support. But after their latest cruise on the Black Sea, enquiring minds are left to wonder about the luxury yacht they dined on.‬‬‬‬

Former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov has been detained as part of an investigation into corruption during the development of the Kumtor gold-mine project.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said personnel at Belarus's diplomatic mission to the alliance will have their access restricted at its headquarters in the wake of the forced landing of a passenger plane by Minsk and the arrest of an opposition journalist who was on board the plane.

In a boost for regional trade, Pakistan and Uzbekistan traded goods through Afghanistan for the first time earlier this month. But there are still many hurdles to greater economic integration.

On this week's Majlis Podcast, Muhammad Tahir and guests look at how the departure of U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan will affect Central Asia.

The Foreign Ministry in Kyiv has confirmed that a Ukrainian diplomat has died suddenly while on holiday with his family at a resort island off Thailand's southern coast.