In one Russian city, officials blocked a rally due to a “tree inspection.” Elsewhere, they blamed snow removal problems or ...

Residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities are finding that their smartphones have been dumbed down amid an ...

A Hungarian civil rights group ⁠has ⁠raised concerns over the role ⁠of Russian President Vladimir Putin's former interpreter ...

By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Russia's Siberian Novosibirsk region has declared a state of emergency to ...

Russian officials promised compensation ​to farmers in the Novosibirsk region on Thursday, where authorities have ordered thousands of cattle to be culled, ‌sparking Russia's largest non-political ...

Here’s what to know about the energy, economic, and political crises surrounding Cuba—and the role of Trump and the U.S.

Russia’s foreign ministry summons Israel’s ambassador to Russia to lodge a formal protest over an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon, which injured Russian state TV journalists, the state TASS news ...

Three young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may be underway as authorities facing relentless attacks from the U.S. and Israel seek ...

The longest-serving leader in the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church, he helped guide his country in its transition from Soviet repression to modern statehood.

Iran intensified its attacks on Gulf oil and gas infrastructure Thursday in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key ...

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe powe ...

Trump has recently increased pressure on the island nation of Cuba, adding March 17 Washington would be doing "something with Cuba" soon.