World Jun 26 U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Russian city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny.
Politics Jun 20 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as aid deliveries resume through U.S.-built pier in Gaza More than 656 metric tons, or 1.4 million pounds, of aid were delivered through the U.S. military-built pier in Gaza on Thursday in the hours after it resumed operations, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said.
World Mar 22 Russia strikes power facilities in Ukraine, killing five and causing widespread outages, officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday more than 60 drones and about 90 rockets were used in the attack, which came a day after Russia launched 31 missiles in a single attack on the capital.
World Mar 18 Putin secures 5th term as Russia’s president after preordained election With nearly all the precincts counted Monday, election officials said Putin had secured a record number of votes — an unsurprising development underlining the Russian leader’s total control of the country’s political system.
World Mar 12 Russia says it killed 234 fighters while thwarting an incursion from Ukraine The attack by waves of drones across eight regions of Russia displayed Kyiv's expanding technological capacity as the war extends into its third year.
World Jan 21 Analysis: 100 years after his death, Lenin seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in modern Russia.
World Dec 08 Putin announces his candidacy for Russia’s presidential election in 2024 Putin, who was first elected president in March 2000, announced his decision to run in the March 17 presidential election after a Kremlin award ceremony, when war veterans and others pleaded with him to seek re-election.
World Sep 19 How new fighting in Azerbaijan’s troubled region may herald a new war Azerbaijan's launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway.
World Aug 18 Russia shuts down human rights group that preserved the legacy of Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov The organization founded in Sakharov's honor operated the Sakharov Center museum and archives in Moscow, which authorities closed earlier this year.
Science Aug 10 Russia launches its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on the lunar south pole before a spacecraft from India gets there.