Iran has secretly executed a man convicted of killing a member of the security forces during mass protests that swept the country last year, the Norway-based Hengaw organization said on November 23.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on November 22 that he urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end Moscow's war in Ukraine and withdraw all troops during the first Group of 20 video call Putin participated in since the conflict.
Poland has charged 16 foreign nationals with spying for Russia, for allegedly preparing acts of sabotage and gathering information on military equipment deliveries to Ukraine.
Cross-border trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan was back to normal on November 22, officials in both countries said, after Islamabad suspended a new visa rule.
The Hungarian government wants to criminalize the foreign funding of election campaigns under proposed legislation submitted on November 21.
Russia has detained a French citizen for illegally entering the country from Estonia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on November 21.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in a virtual meeting of G20 leaders on November 22 after again skipping the annual in-person summit in India in September, Russian state television reported.
The European Union on November 17 accused Russia of making a "shameful" use of migrants to put pressure on other countries, saying it had noted an increased number of undocumented asylum seekers crossing Russia's border to Finland.
Tajikistan on November 17 announced plans to link with China's telecommunications network in order to improve the mountainous, landlocked country's Internet access as Beijing's influence in Central Asia grows.
A Russian delegation led by Natural Resources Minister Aleksandr Kozlov has left Pyongyang after a visit that North Korea's state media said was to discuss "cooperation in trade, economy, science, and technology."
Turkey's parliament opened debate on November 16 on Sweden's NATO aspirations as it neared meeting a major Western defense alliance objective despite its fury at Israel's war with Hamas.
The Czech government on November 15 froze property owned by Russia on Czech soil as it put a company managing Russian property abroad on its sanction list.
Hungary's Museum of Ethnography is barring minors from part of a photo exhibition showing homosexuality, a week after the head of another museum was fired for failing to enforce an access ban.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the European Union of attempting to drive his country out of Central Asia, and said the bloc was failing, in an interview broadcast on November 12.
Russia has been spreading "disinformation" about the situation in the Middle East, the president of Microsoft said on November 11, as tensions soar in the region.
Five Bulgarian nationals in custody in Britain will face trial next year on charges they spied for Russia, a judge ruled on November 10.
A German citizen abducted in Dubai and sentenced to death by Iran is almost unable to walk and talk due to health conditions that prison authorities have failed to properly treat, his daughter told AFP.
Russia said on November 5 that it had successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads from one of its submarines.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on November 2 that Kyiv was confident about its quest to open EU membership talks this year, touting reforms it made even in the face of the Russian invasion.
Russian billionaire Aleksei Kuzmichyov, one of the founders of the financial firm Alfa Group, has been charged with tax fraud in France, French authorities said on November 1.
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