Washington says a ship carrying more than 11,000 kilograms of low-enriched uranium material left Iran for Russia on December 28 in a major Iranian step toward fulfilling its commitments in a landmark nuclear deal with major powers.

• December 28, 2015

Issue # 87
12/28/2015
Militants capture village close to Mariupol
Trilateral contact group on Donbas meets again in Minsk
Donetsk separatists refuse to exchange prisoners by year-end
Putin appoints new Russian envoy to contact group
Yet another Russian "humanitarian convoy" enters Ukraine's Donbas
Ukrainian court allows Luhansk rebel leader to be tried in absentia READ MORE

• December 28, 2015

Taiwan's opposition leader and presidential frontrunner on Sunday called on China to respect the island's democratic process and said she believes Beijing will have a "rational attitude" when dealing with her independence-leaning party.

• December 27, 2015

Russian air forces have not hit civilian targets since they started a bombing campaign in Syria nearly three months ago, a senior Russian officer said in an interview with Rossiya 24 television.

• December 27, 2015

The Taliban denied reports that representatives had met Russian officials to discuss the common threat from Islamic State in Afghanistan as a British newspaper reported that President Vladimir Putin had met the Taliban leader.

• December 27, 2015

Bangladesh's state-run Atomic Energy Commission signed a deal with Russia on Friday to set up two nuclear power plants, each with 1,200 megawatt capacity, an investment totaling $12.65 billion, a government official said.

• December 25, 2015

A top Syrian rebel leader and head of the most powerful insurgent group in the eastern suburbs of Damascus was killed in an aerial raid that targeted the group's headquarters, rebel sources and the Syrian army said on Friday.

• December 25, 2015

Nepal's foreign minister asked China on Friday for help in dealing with an energy crisis that crippled the landlocked country over the past three months and China said it would look at the request favorably.

• December 25, 2015