MOSCOW A Russian judge on Sunday said a man detained on suspicion of killing opposition figure Boris Nemtsov had admitted to investigators that he was involved in the killing.
The judge at Moscow's Basmanny court ordered that Zaur Dadayev be held in custody until April 28, a Reuters reporter in the courtroom said.
(Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)
WASHINGTON The United States and Russia continue to make "headway" in talks on advancing cooperation to ease the Syria conflict, but haven't reached a final deal yet, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
SOKOTO, Nigeria Nigeria's air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pledged to consider ways to ramp up military assistance to Nigeria to defeat the militant group.
MANILA More than 1,900 people, or about 36 per day, have been killed in a violent campaign against drugs in the Philippines since President Rodrigo Duterte came to office seven weeks ago, the country's national police chief said on Tuesday.