The latest scandal involving large-scale allegations of Russian athletes using performance-enhancing drugs in international competitions may end up not only with the culprits being named, blamed and stripped of their titles, but with Russia as a country being suspended and banned from participating in the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.

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FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov stated on November 17 that the A321 passenger aircraft was destroyed as a result of a terrorist attack. CIA Director John Brennan stated that terrorist attacks in Paris were not an isolated incident, as terrorists were likely to be working on more attacks. What must be done to minimize the terrorist threat? Is...

Foreign ministers and representatives from 20 countries agreed a road map to peace in Syria in Vienna on Nov. 14. With the terrorist attacks in Paris the night before giving the second round of talks fresh urgency, there was agreement on setting up a transitional government within six months and elections within 18 months.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang have met in Manila to discuss current bilateral relations and their development prospects.

"We will continue contact at all levels of leadership," the Russian prime minister said at the meeting.

He also thanked the Vietnamese leader for attending...

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Gunmen have wounded an Italian priest in the latest in a series of attacks on foreigners in Bangladesh.

Police say the man, identified as Piero Parolari, works as a doctor in a hospital run by...