The United States is contented with the outcomes of Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev's visit to Washington and expects to have positive discussions on missile defense with Russia.

The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Created 20 years ago, the tribunal was designed to try individuals responsible for severe violations of the international humanitarian law on the territory of former Yugoslavia. International law expert Alexander Mezyaev sums up the results of the tribunal’s work in an interview with a Voice of Russia correspondent.

The relations between Russia and the West should hinge on trust. A statement to this effect was made by Russian military commanders and political analysts during the Global Conference on European Security which took place in Moscow this week.

This week official Damascus and the Syrian opposition, supported by international intermediaries, continued consultations on holding an international conference on Syria. This conference will possibly take place in June.

German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has called for ridding Europe of Islamists. In his opinion, not only Islamic militants but those who openly support the extremist ideology should be driven out. France has already begun to do this. It could soon be joined by Britain, particularly in connection with the killing of a serviceman in southeast London, and Sweden, where migrants have sent the country into havoc. Other European may also choose to shoo radically minded individuals. Analysts say Europe is making the right choice in favor of discarding the so-called ‘double standards’.

President Vladimir Putin has suggested to U.S. President Barrack Obama that Russia and the U.S. maintain a "dialogue without new irritants," the Interfax news agency reports citing Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

The pilots of the Airbus A319 which made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport on Friday acted in line with safety instructions.

There is no evidence that Syrian authorities use chemical weapons against the opposition, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said.

On Thursday, the international conference titled “the Military and Political Aspects of European Security” opened in Moscow on the initiative of Russia’s Defense Ministry. For Russia and NATO the conference is a new attempt to find the common language on security issues. The disagreement on anti-ballistic missile system, as well as such issues as international terrorism, drug trafficking, spread of weapons of mass destruction, the economic crisis, piracy, climate change and many other factors – all this defines the situation in the modern world making the leading military powers look for new approaches of ensuring global security.

Tajikistan's government has blocked access to video sharing website YouTube, where footage appeared last week showing scenes from the pompous wedding of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's son, Tajik Internet providers told Interfax.

"The passengers of a Boeing 777 en route from Moscow to New York,which earlier made an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport shortly after takeoff, are safe and sound", Sergey Bykhal, spokesman for Transaero aircarrier that operated the flight, told the Voice of Russia.

Russia’s Sedov sailing ship has dropped anchor off the last port in its round-the-world voyage - Senegal’s capital of Dakar where it will be docked up to May 26.

An estimated crowd of 80,000 people turned up in Palermo on Saturday for the beatification of Father Pino Puglisi, an anti-mafia priest killed in the Sicilian city 20 years ago.

Russia did not forward documents to Interpol on declaring Hermitage Capital co-founder and CEO William Browder wanted, a Russian Interior Ministry spokesperson told Interfax on Saturday.

A terror attack is the most grim occurrence which pulls people together. Be it a group of survivors meeting to share their feelings and reminisce about loved ones lost, a joint operation by international services working on its prevention, or even extremists themselves who have become inspired by yet another attack seen on the news, these attacks create a strong connection of a special kind. The Boston marathon bombing has reminded society of the ongoing war against terrorism which started after 9/11. Each terror attack affects countless lives and each person has a story, proving that no one is immune to terrorism.

At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police said.

Representatives of the US Army are looking into reports about cases of sexual harassment among the top-ranking staff of the Air Corps Base at Fort Freely, Alaska, NBC reports.