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Russia says it will keep selling missiles to Syria
Russia defended its sales of anti-aircraft systems to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, just days after joining forces with the U.S.
Kerry hopes Russia won't sell missiles to Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a ...
Putin on Victory Day: Russia a security guarantor
Russia will be a guarantor of world security, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at the annual military parade on Red Square. Putin made his short ...
Kerry meets with Russian NGOs as crackdown mounts
Leading Russian activists said Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has assured them that Washington is talking with the Russian ...
APNewsBreak: US to provide $100M in new Syria aid
The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only ...
Architect of Putin's political system resigns
Vladislav Surkov, a longtime Kremlin strategist considered the architect of the tightly controlled political system created under President Vladimir ...
AP PHOTOS: Europe remembers end of World War II
With flowers, flames and teary eyes, veterans, soldiers and European leaders celebrated peace in ceremonies around the continent marking the 68th ...
President Assad says Syria able to face Israel
In his first response to Israel's weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short ...
US, Russia seek to revive peace plan for Syria
The U.S. and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to convene an international conference this month to come to a political solution to end the two-year Syrian ...
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 ...
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 ...
AP PHOTOS: Few know story of Jews in Red Army
Once a year, Israel's Jewish war veterans don suit jackets and uniforms dripping in Red Army medals, the shiny bronzes and silvers pinned to their ...
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 ...
Kerry to talk Syria, terrorism in Russia next week
Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Russia next week for talks on Syria, Iran and terrorism concerns that have spiked since the Boston Marathon ...
Boston suspect's defense team gets major boost
The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who ...
Obama and Putin discuss security in phone call
President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) have been discussing terrorism coordination in the wake of the Boston Marathon ...
Putin, Japanese leader step up peace treaty effort
The leaders of Russia and Japan have instructed their diplomats to intensify efforts to work out a peace treaty between the two nations. Russia and ...
Court rejects Pussy Riot member's early release
A Russian court on Friday rejected a plea for early release from prison by a member of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, whose provocative songs and ...
38 die in mental hospital fire outside Moscow
The patients of the small psychiatric hospital in a Russian village were asleep or under sedation as the clock neared 2 a.m. The windows were barred ...
Draining cash, Egypt on $30 billion search for aid
During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt's president and members of his government turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for ...
Boston suspects' father says he's returning to US
The father of the two Boston bombing suspects said Thursday that he is soon leaving Russia for the United States, to visit one son and lay the other ...
Russian opposition trials test legal integrity
While one Russian court imposed heavy fines on the country's only independent election-watching group and another heard contentious testimony in the ...
Pro-Kremlin youth hunt down 'spice' pushers
Two men in their early twenties lie face down in the snow, hands tied behind their backs, heads doused with dark red paint. A dozen young men, some ...
Russian protest leader: trial will show innocence
A prominent Russian opposition leader on trial for embezzlement told the court on Wednesday that he would prove his innocence to the public, if not ...
Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior ...