The Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Sergei Lavrov and the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had discussed stability in Syria over the phone.
Donald Trump's spokesperson announced that the US President would not negotiate on immigration until the government reopens.
In a conversation with Egypt's Sisi, the US Vice President Mike Pence said the United States would back a two-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis in case both sides agree to it.
Germany's Social Democrats are set to decide on Sunday whether to begin coalition talks with Angela Merkel's Conservatives.
Paul Ryan, the US House of Representatives Speaker, has removed the Republican Congressman Patrick Meehan from the ethics committee on allegations of sexual misconduct.
On Sunday, China's Xinhua News Agency said that the US government shutdown exposed "chronic flaws" in the country's political system.
The WSJ reported that the online lender Social Finance is in advanced talks with the top Twitter executive Anthony Noto about the CEO position.
On Sunday, North Korea's delegation arrived in South Korea to prepare for the next month's Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang.
Anadolu news agency reported that four Syrian rockets hit Kilis, a Turkish southern border town, early in the morning today, damaging several houses.
Brazil's President Temer has denied that the administration would reject passing pension legislation that Congress has opposed, while proposal's approval remained a key target for him.
Comoros sold citizenship to at least 52,000 foreigners in nine years, the government said during the first official statement on the scale of a passport-for-cash deal with the Gulf states.
Honduran police and soldiers clashed with protesters, who blocked roads across the country on Saturday, as dissatisfaction continues for two months after the Presidential Election.
Pope Francis has visited the poorest neighbourhood in northern Peru, devastated by flooding in 2017, however, he did not manage to visit Argentina, his home country.
Two people died and dozens were injured in a fire at the Eurostar David Hotel in Prague's centre on Saturday, only blocks away from the National Theatre and the Vltava River.
The second largest bank in Switzerland Credit Suisse Group has aimed to increase the bonus pool for 2017 as the company made a progress on the three-year restructuring plan.
The Russia's military police and the military operational group have been relocated from Afrin, Syria, where Turkey has initiated the military operation against the Kurds.
Egypt's President al-Sisi will run for the second term in office during the upcoming Presidential Election in March, which he is widely anticipated to win.
The US solar panel industry tried to sign an agreement to settle a trade dispute with China involving around $1.5B, while Trump has aimed to announce new import tariffs.
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, Russia's Chief of the armed forces Gerasimov has discussed the situation in Syria with the US counterpart Dunford during the voice call.
The US President Trump has blamed Democrat lawmakers for the Federal Government shutdown on Saturday, as they decided to play shutdown politics instead of making a deal.
Germany was lobbying among its European allies to weigh new sanctions against Iran to prevent Trump from closing the international deal restraining nuclear program of Tehran.
According to the senior members of the German SPD, they were assured that the party would approve formal coalition negotiations with Chancellor Merkel's conservatives at the congress.
Mitiga airport, the only functioning airport in Libya's capital Tripoli, reopened on Saturday after a weeklong closure caused by the deadly clashes, which damaged passenger jets.
According to a Turkish official, after liberation of Afrin Turkey plans to capture the city of Manbij from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).