Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is determined to complete the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream, two nearly-finished major projects of exporting natural gas to Germany and Turkey, respectively, despite the US sanctions. The top Russian diplomat made the remarks during an interview on Russian television on Sunday, stressing ...
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani appeared to have won a second term Sunday, narrowly scoring an outright win in preliminary polling results, but his main rival immediately vowed to challenge the tally. After months of political limbo and bitter allegations of fraud and corruption in the September 28 poll, Afghanistan’s Independent ...