Turkey has banned Russian observation flight over its territory that was to be held within the framework of the Open Skies Treaty. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Turkey has violated an international treaty by barring a planned Russian surveillance flight.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a meeting with former US State Secretary Henry Kissinger on February 3. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitrii Peskov they have long-lasting relations and always keep in touch.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on February 2. It is said that the discussion focussed on ways of optimising the structure of federal executive bodies of power.

It was announced that Lady Gaga will pay tribute to David Bowie in a special segment at the Grammys. The singer will play a medley of Bowie songs in homage to a famous figure in popular music who inspired her at the ceremony.

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Tuesday previewed a 2017 budget that he said better positions the Pentagon to counter a rising China, Russia's assertiveness and fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria

The World Health Organisation has recently declared that the Zika virus outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), due to the undoubted link of the Zika virus to a wave in serious birth defects in South America. Experts now are anxious about devastating consequences of Zika virus, which can spread too far and fast.

A Taliban suicide bomber struck near a Kabul police complex on Monday. It was killed at least 20 policemen and wounded 29 people in the bombing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill to congratulate him on the anniversary of his enthronement as head of the Russian Orthodox Church on February 1.

Four men who had been trapped 200 metres below surface of mine in Shandong province that collapsed on Christmas Day have been rescued late on Friday.

David Cameron has visited Belgium to hold talks with Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission. The Prime Minister refused an emergency brake on migrant benefits as 'not good enough' after talks in Brussels on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on credit and monetary policy on January 29. Putin reminded: «We are set next week to discuss privatisation and our plans in this area, including for this year. There is a view that some financial institutions should also be part of this privatisation process. The Central Bank is the main shareholder, the key shareholder, in our country’s biggest bank – Sberbank».

A man has been arrested with two handguns at an entrance to a hotel at Disneyland Paris.