US Slams Russian 'Anti-Gay' Bill

The United States on Friday slammed a disputed bill in Russia that would ban what lawmakers there call "homosexual propaganda" ...

Russia Develops New Long-Range Missile

Russia is developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the military has announced, in an apparent attempt to remind the United St...

Russian Emergencies Minister In Emergency Plane Landing

Russia’s Emergencies Minister faced an emergency of his own when his plane lost power to one of its engines. Vladimir Puchkov was flying Fr...

Classic Russian Cars Worth Millions Go Missing In Museum Scandal

Russia's security service, the FSB, is investigating the alleged disappearance of a pool of elite classic cars such as Soviet ZiLs ...

FIFA announce 2018 World Cup venues

FIFA President Sepp Blatter was in attendance as the 11 Russian host cities to stage 2018 FIFA World Cup fixtures were announced on Sunda...

Security Scare: Man Opens Fire On President

The Czech president has been attacked by a man with a plastic gun who fired pellets at him from just a metre away. Pavel Ondrous, who...

Syria, Iran nuclear fears, Muslim protests cloud UN summit

Words of warning and defiance are expected when US President Barack Obama, Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel's Prime...

Nigeria's shoppers rival Russia and the Middle East for West End spending

On her twice-yearly visits to London from Nigeria, Victoria Appiah stocks up on everything she needs for the next six months. "I ba...

Pussy Riot members found guilty of hooliganism

Continue reading the main story Related Stories Russian Church defiant over Pussy Riot trial Three members of Russian punk ban...

Unmanned Russian rocket fails to deliver 2 satellites to target orbit

Russia's federal space agency says an unmanned rocket and its payload of two communications satellites failed to reach the orbit, the...

Putin tells Russia to be ready for economic crisis

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his government to put aside billions of dollars in next year’s budget to protect the coun...

Ahmadinejad plans to retire from Iranian politics in 2013: Report

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to leave politics after his second term ends in 2013, according to a report in a German news...

Russia and Iran Accuse the United States of Arming Syrian Rebels

Iran’s foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi, and his Russian counterpart, Sergey V. Lavrov, told reporters that it was the United States an...