Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, signed a broad cooperation pact Friday as ...

Sunday, 3 October 1993 was an ordinary, pleasant October day in Moscow. With the resident BBC Bureau Producer, Kate Whyte, and the visiting BBC Correspondent, Bill Turnbull, I drove to Oktyabrskaya ...

Olkhon is a world away from the bustle of Russia’s cities and offers travellers a glimpse of pure wilderness, peacefulness ...

Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser’s double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified ...

1840: The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island, killing 139. 1864: American songwriter Stephen Foster dies aged 37.

China is showing signs of a renewed desire to mend ties with South Korea. At the same time, North Korea is placing greater ...

The village of Copanca is situated just several kilometers across the de facto border from Moldova’s separatist pro-Russian ...

Sparked by lightning and driven by high winds, the so-called Gwen Fire scorched more than 30,000 acres, forced hundreds of ...

Assad’s flight from Syria marks the end of an era, but the country’s fragmented future is now being shaped by competing ...

Commander Major General Hossein Salami said on Monday that the “Axis of Resistance” groups, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency on Saturday after oil was detected on the ...