Asia and Pacific

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Joe Biden is preparing to scale down sanctions against Venezuela to allow US oil major Chevron to start pumping oil...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Health Ministry registered NIOCH-14, the first domestic drug against smallpox, developed by the Vector research center, according to the...

VIENNA (Sputnik) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has arrived in Vienna for OPEC+ talks on the possibility of a new oil production...

WASHINGTON, October 4 (Sputnik) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke by telephone with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts and discussed assessments...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Former President Donald Trump is asking the US Supreme Court to intervene and overturn the rulings of lower courts and grant...

NEW YORK (Sputnik) - Oil prices jumped sharply for a second day in a row on Tuesday amid talks of a possible cut of...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Canadian government established a new C$300 million (US$221.2 million) hurricane Fiona recovery fund to support projects to repair and rebuild...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Malian air force Su-25 aircraft crashed at Gao International Airport in Mali, killing one person and injuring several others,...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Malian Transitional President Assimi Goita have noted the importance of Moscow's initiative on donating 300,000 tonnes...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkey's withdrawal from the Russian payment system Mir will have negative consequences for the country's economy, but Ankara thinks the price...

TOKYO (Sputnik) - The missile fired by North Korea covered a distance of about 4,600 kilometers (2,858 miles) with a maximum flight altitude of...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Some 46 asylum-seeking migrants have been dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris' residence at the US Naval Observatory...