Sweden is planning to expel nearly 80,000 refugees and migrants who arrived in the country in 2015, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said, adding that their applications for asylum had been rejected. As RT reports police and local authorities have been tasked with organizing the departures by charter flights. The countries of origin of the rejected asylum seekers have not been disclosed.

Senior Director at the McCain Institute and former president of Freedom House David Kramer has called for more aggressive measures aimed at negating the influence of Russian media outlets like RT and Sputnik.

Russia understands Finland’s concerns with the migrant crisis and is ready to discuss the existing problems constructively on the basis of mutual respect, the Russian Foreign Ministry said commenting remarks by Finnish officials that asylum seekers from third countries were entering Finland from the territory of Russia, TASS reports.

Thousands of people have marched in cities across Italy, demanding legal recognition for same-sex couples. According to BBC, the rallies were held as lawmakers are due to debate the deeply divisive issue next week. Opponents of the bill are going to hold their own demonstration next Saturday. Protesters are also defending their parental rights that should be enshrined in law.

Apple informs that an issue with Safari web browser that caused it to crash for many iPhone, iPad and Mac users globally has been resolved. Earlier, users had complained that they had experienced the bug on Apple devices.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members on support measures for various sectors and other current issues on January 27. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets

A representative of the U.S. Treasury Department, Adam Szubin, has told BBC Panorama that Russian President Vladimir Putin is considered to be corrupt. Adam Szubin, who oversees US Treasury sanctions, has also told that the US government has known this for "many, many years".

Military authorities responded Tuesday to a report of gunshots at a building on the campus of the Naval Medical Center San Diego — where officials warned people inside “to run, hide or fight.”

Crude-oil prices slid back below $30 a barrel in early Asia trade Tuesday after Saudi Arabia reiterated it wouldn’t cut investments despite current low prices, stoking fears the market would remain saturated for much longer.

Greece is under concerted pressure from European Union interior ministers to do more to control the influx of refugees and migrants from Turkey, as the EU scrambles again to put together a coherent answer to the biggest challenge the union has ever faced.

The World Health Organisation informs the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has been linked to brain deformities in babies, is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas except Canada and Chile.

Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds arrived in Moscow in theframework of the promo tour of the film «Deadpool», the eighth in the series «X-Men».