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US Secretary of State Tillerson says both Putin and Trump connected "fairly quickly".
Russia has strongly denied any involvement in the US electoral cyber-meddling controversy.
Moscow will now track US-led coalition air craft as "targets" if they operate west of the Euphrates River.
The Department of Defense has promised to deliver a South Asia strategy by mid-July.
Al-Baghdadi may have been killed in northern Syria, Moscow says.
The forum called on NGOs BRICS NGOs to reduce poverty and focusing on health and environmental protection.
BRICS' Russia and Brazil will in 2017 emerge from weak growth and head strong into 2018, the report says.
Iranian officials have criticized the Arab move saying it was counterproductive to regional stability.
The disputed islands were occupied by Soviet forces in 1945 and are today home to thousands of Russian civilians.