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Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday argued the U.S. case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria at a ...
Man to serve 15 years in Russian colonel's death
A Chechen man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the killing of a disgraced Russian army colonel who kidnapped and strangled a teenage ...
Jailed protesters cast shadow on anti-Putin rally
About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve ...
US funeral director considers burial offers
A funeral director said Monday he has received burial offers from out-of-state cemeteries for the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was ...
Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran
From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend ...
Russia, Syria discuss Israeli airstrike
Russia has voiced concern about Israel's weekend airstrike on a military complex near the Syrian capital, saying it could further destabilize the ...
Teen immigrant angst _ a factor in bombings?
Anna Tabakh didn't know a word of English. At age 5, a stranger in a strange land, she was en route with her parents from the Soviet Union to a new ...
Norway's chess superstar has cross-over appeal
He does fashion shoots with Liv Tyler, enjoys soccer-style sponsorships deals and was recently named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential ...
Russia beats Germany 4-1 at hockey worlds
Ilya Kovalchuk's hat trick helped give Russia a 4-1 victory over Germany at the ice hockey world championships Sunday, and Switzerland stunned Canada ...
Russia begins title defense by beating Latvia
Russia began the defense of its world ice hockey title with a 6-0 win over Latvia on Saturday. With only seven returning skaters from last year's ...
Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again
The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh ...
Nordic countries concerned by Russian search
The Nordic countries have criticized an inspection by Russian authorities of the Nordic Council's office in the Russian city of Kaliningrad.
Russia looks to defend hockey worlds title
Having won all 10 of its games en route to last year's gold medal, Russia can make another statement at the ice hockey world championships ahead of ...
Georgia confirms Sochi Olympics participation
Georgia has confirmed it will take part in next year's Winter Olympics in Russia. Georgia's participation in the Sochi Games had been under question ...
Texts, TV, then trouble for bombing suspect's pals
Dias Kadyrbayev was driving back to his apartment when he got a call from a college buddy. A clearly anxious Robel Phillipos told him authorities had ...
Official: Arrested student entered US without visa
One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in ...
Bomb in Russia's Dagestan province kills 2
A bomb exploded Wednesday in a busy shopping area in the capital of Russia's restive republic of Dagestan, killing at least two people, police said.
Tsarnaevs' father puts off plans to travel to US
The father of the Boston bombing suspects says he has indefinitely put off returning to the U.S. because he is too sick to make the trip from Russia.
Uncle: Family to claim Boston bomb suspect's body
Relatives of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said as ...
Olympic discus silver medalist banned for doping
Olympic discus silver medalist Darya Pishchalnikova has been banned for 10 years for doping and will be stripped of her medal, the Russian track and ...
Obama: US reviews whether intel missed in bombing
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. will review whether any sensitive intelligence was missed that could have prevented the deadly ...
Russia charging NASA $70M per astronaut seat
The U.S. space agency is paying $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space and home again, and the agency's leader is blaming ...
Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance
Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to ...