US Ambassador summoned by Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW The United States Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul was summoned by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday over Moscow’s claim ...

38 die in mental hospital fire outside Moscow

MOSCOW At least 38 people died in a fire in a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow late Thursday night. Police said ...

Russia to study impact of Cyprus deal: Medvedev

MOSCOW Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that Moscow intended to study the consequences of the Cyprus bailout deal agreed ...

Russian fundamentalists sue US, want Alaska back

MOSCOW US President Barack Obama must have known that his support of gay marriage would bring him trouble. But of ...

Soviet soldier, missing for 33 years, found in Afghanistan

MOSCOW Sheikh Abdulla, an elderly-looking, impoverished widower working as a traditional healer in Afghanistan, has been found to be a ...

Syria ready for talks with armed rebels

MOSCOW The Syrian regime is ready for talks with armed rebels and anyone who favours dialogue, President Bashar al-Assad‘s foreign ...

Huge march in Moscow against adoption ban

MOSCOW Thousands demonstrated in Moscow in freezing temperatures on Sunday against the law banning Americans from adopting Russian orphans. The ...

Bad brakes cited in Moscow crash landing

MOSCOW Russian investigators on Sunday blamed a defective brake system for a Moscow airport crash that killed five crew members ...

Syria envoy calls for political change to end conflict

BEIRUT The international envoy seeking a negotiated solution to Syria‘s 21-month-old conflict said on Thursday political change was needed to ...

Syria envoy Brahimi due for talks in Moscow on 29 Dec

MOSCOW International Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will fly to Moscow on Saturday for talks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov ...

India, Russia sign weapons deals worth billions of dollars

NEW DELHI Russia and India signed new weapons deals worth billions of dollars on Monday as President Vladimir Putin sought ...

Naomi Campbell arrives in Jodhpur to celebrate boyfriend’s birthday

Supermodel Naomi Campbell arrived in Jodhpur for the birthday celebrations of her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladimir Doronin. The British supermodel, ...

Moscow court frees one Pussy Riot member

MOSCOW A Moscow appeals court has freed one of the jailed Pussy Riot members but upheld the two-year prison sentence ...

Russian court delays Pussy Riot hearing

MOSCOW A Russian court on Monday delayed the start of a hearing into an appeal against the conviction of three ...

81-year-old Suchitra Sen hospitalised with wrist injury

KOLKATA Legendary actress Suchitra Sen has been hospitalised in a private hospital with a wrist injury, an official of the ...

Putin Defies West, Maintains Syria Stance

MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is not ready to shift its stance on supporting the Syrian government, and ...