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Kazakh investigators detained an Almaty-based investigative journalist in connection with suspicious real estate deals linked to the brother of former President Nursultan Nazarbaev.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says four security forces have been killed in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, where intense anti-government protests have rocked the region in recent months.
Russian security officials said a Crimean court has sentenced a local man to 12 years in prison for passing data about Russia's navy to Ukrainian intelligence.
Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated area of Bosnia-Herzegovina, has signed a 110 million-euro ($117 million) loan with the Export-Import Bank of Hungary to finance its budget and refinance some other debt.