At a Kremlin ceremony on July 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin handed over the mantle of World Cup host to Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, whose country will stage the 2022 edition of the tournament. (Reuters)
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Helsinki on July 15 on the eve a historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Finnish capital. (Reuters)
Moscow's Red Square is filled with jubilant Croatia fans hours ahead of the country's first ever World Cup final appearance on July 15.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped to have a very good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in remarks made during a visit to Britain on July 13. Trump, who meets Putin on July 16, also repeated criticism of a gas pipeline deal between Germany and Russia.
The Croatian government held a cabinet meeting dressed in the red and white checkered jerseys of their national soccer team, a day after Croatia reached the World Cup final for the first time in its history. Croatia won 2-1 the semi-final against England on July 11 in Moscow.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "competitor" and neither a friend nor an enemy, in closing remarks at the NATO summit on July 12.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic arrived in the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi to support her country's soccer team, which faces Russia in the quarterfinal of the FIFA World Cup on July 7. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is expected to attend the match with Grabar-Kitarovic.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that migration is a challenge that "could determine the fate of the European Union." Merkel addressed the Bundestag -- the lower house of Germany's parliament -- on June 28 before heading to an EU summit expected to focus omigration. (Bundestag via Reuters)
U.S. national security adviser John Bolton met with Russian President President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on June 27. Bolton was on a one-day visit to Moscow to lay the groundwork for what will be the first summit between Putin and President Donald Trump. The summit is expected to take place in July.
Turkish opposition presidential candidates Muharrem Ince and Meral Aksener have cast their ballots in presidential and parliamentary elections.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said solutions were "urgently needed" to challenge "Iran's aggressive tendencies" in the Middle East. Merkel made the comments at a news conference on June 21 in Jordan's capital, Amman, alongside King Abdullah II.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 18 the United States would not be a "migrant camp," as he blamed Democrats for not coming to the table to negotiate immigration legislation. Trump’s administration faces criticism for separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Reuters)
Hundreds of Macedonians joined a June 17 rally in the city of Bitola -- near Macedonia's border with Greece -- to protest an agreement resolving the two countries' dispute over Macedonia's official name.
The foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia met on June 17 in the Greek village of Psarades to sign an agreement resolving the two countries' dispute over Macedonia's official name. (ERT via Reuters)
Greek police fired teargas at protesters outside the parliament building in central Athens on June 16, as lawmakers were in session discussing a no-confidence motion against the government over a deal to end a decades-old dispute with neighboring Macedonia.
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra, headed by Iranian-American conductor and composer Shahrdad Rohani, performed in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on June 14. The concert was held ahead of Iran's June 15 World Cup match with Morocco.
Russian police briefly detained a British LGBT rights campaigner in central Moscow for what they said was an illegal protest on the first day of the FIFA World Cup.
An Italian coast guard vessel arrived in Sicily on June 13 carrying more than 900 migrants from Eritrea, Sudan, Mali, Ivory Coast, and Guinea as a diplomatic standoff continues over Italy's refusal to let another rescue ship dock.
Russia is set to host the largest single-sport competition on the planet, starting on June 14. Amid years of economic woes and allegations of corruption in the buildup, Moscow is about to raise the curtain on what has become soccer's most expensive World Cup ever.
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that should countries in Europe expect Iran to both stick to international sanctions and give up its nuclear program, their governments should now that “this is a dream that will never come true.” (Reuters)
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