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The strikes hit Idlib, the last major stronghold of active opposition to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

British prosecutors announced Wednesday that they have charged two alleged Russian military-intelligence agents with the March poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter.'

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):8:10 p.m.The White House is warning Syria's President Bashar Assad that if he chooses to use chemical weapons again, the U.S. an...

The Trump administration announced Tuesday afternoon that Russia and Syria are gearing up to launch a mass strike in Syria on behalf of Bashar al-Assad.

Ukraine has begun joint military exercises with 10 NATO countries in western Ukraine amid ongoing tensions with Russia over Moscow's illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine between government forces and

Early on Saturday, more than 160 passengers and crew on a Russian Boeing 737 skidded off the end of a runway during a rough landing in the Russian city of Sochi, plunging into a river and exploding into flames. All passengers and crew managed to escape, a

Russia's contract with the United States to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) is due to expire in April, Russia's deputy prime minister for defense and space agency said on August 31.

President Vladimir Putin has said that economic sanctions imposed against his country by the U.S. are senseless, voicing hope that Washington will eventually agree to a constructive dialogue.

The administration's targets include ships that were transferring oil to North Korean vessels, which imported the oil despite international sanctions.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's office says she plans weekend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany on issues including the development of a contentious Baltic Sea natural gas pipeline

Russia's military said it had shot down a drone that came close to its Syrian air base at Hmeimim on Saturday and was launched from the Idlib "de-escalation" zone controlled by what Moscow calls "illegal military groups", TASS agency r

Russian PM cautions U.S. against targeting Russian banks, use of dollar

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is currently on a visit to Moscow, Russia. Here is the Kentucky senator meeting with former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow. Senator Paul is meeting with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Rand announced this morning

Sen. Rand Paul said during a trip to Russia that American and Russian legislators need closer contact, noting that "our biggest problem right now is no dialogue....Those who believe in either country that we should not have diplomacy are greatly mistaken," he said.

The Russian government on Saturday announced the appointment of actor Steven Seagal as a special envoy on U.S.-Russian humanitarian ties.

The Moscow protest comes a day after tens of thousands of Russians rallied in dozens of cities and towns across the country to protest against legislation now under consideration to raise the retirement age to 65 for men by 2028 and 63 for women by 2034. Currently, the retirement age for men and

MOSCOW (AP) - Vladimir Putin says the adoption of Christianity more than 1,000 years ago in territory that later became Russia marked the starting point for forming the Russian nation itself.

U.S. military leaders are expressing reluctance to work with the Russian military on a White House-Kremlin agreement to help Syrian refugees return home, drawing an angry response from Moscow.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the possibility of a referendum in separatist-leaning eastern Ukraine during their Helsinki summit, Russia's ambassador to the U.S. said Friday.Ambassador A

President Trump on Thursday accused the media of "going crazy" and publishing articles about him and his administration that are based on "fiction" and are published without any sources or proof.