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Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Moscow denies airspace violation

Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after repeated w...

Nov 24, 2015 08:40 AM EST

Two suicide bombers hit Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon, 43 killed

At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb blasts clai...

Nov 12, 2015 11:39 PM EST

Putin says Russia needs own investigation into doping allegations

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Russia needed to conduct its own investigation into alleg...

Nov 11, 2015 10:08 PM EST

Russia to propose Syrians launch 18-month reform process - document

Russia wants the Syrian government and opposition to agree on launching a constitutional reform proc...

Nov 11, 2015 02:29 AM EST

Russia faces ban from athletics for widespread doping offences

Russia could be banned from international athletics, including the 2016 Olympic Games, after an anti...

Nov 09, 2015 09:21 PM EST

Russian soldiers geolocated by photos in multiple Syria locations, bloggers say

Three serving or former Russian soldiers have been geolocated by photographs in Syria, including loc...

Nov 08, 2015 08:15 PM EST

Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb downed Russian plane

Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final...

Nov 08, 2015 07:50 PM EST

Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria - sources

Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic St...

Nov 05, 2015 08:59 PM EST

Bomb by Islamic State likely caused Russian plane crash: security sources

Evidence now suggests that a bomb planted by the Islamic State militant group is the likely cause of...

Nov 04, 2015 08:40 PM EST

Obama says Syria deployment doesn't break no 'boots on ground' pledge

President Barack Obama said on Monday the planned deployment of dozens of U.S. special forces to Syr...

Nov 02, 2015 11:58 PM EST

First bodies delivered to Russia after Egypt plane crash

The first bodies from a plane crash in Egypt in which all 224 passengers, most of them Russians, die...

Nov 02, 2015 05:48 AM EST

U.S. Navy destroyer patrols near islands built by China in South China Sea

The U.S. Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands built b...

Oct 26, 2015 10:03 PM EDT

U.S. concerned by Russian operations near undersea cables: NY Times

The presence of Russian submarines and spy ships near undersea cables carrying most global Internet ...

Oct 26, 2015 07:27 AM EDT

U.S. money laundering probe into Deutsche Moscow unit widens - FT

U.S. regulators are expanding their probe into Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE)(DB.N) as a money launderi...

Oct 25, 2015 11:29 PM EDT

Russia says to build military base on contested Kurile Islands

Russia plans to build a military base on the Kurile islands, a group of Pacific islands it seized fr...

Oct 24, 2015 08:08 AM EDT

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