Soviet Union
First Direct London-China Train Completes 12,000 Km Run
The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after...
UK ‘steadfast’ On N.Korea, May Tells Japan’s Abe
British Prime Minister Theresa May assured Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe on Friday that the UK remains "steadfast" in its...
Michael Mantenuto, Star of Disney’s ‘Miracle,’ Dead At 35
Actor and hockey player Michael Mantenuto, best known for his role in Disney’s 2004 sports drama “Miracle,” has...
Soviet Ballet Defector Baryshnikov Granted Latvian Citizenship
Latvian lawmakers Thursday voted to grant citizenship to renowned ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov, who defected to the...
China Launches Aircraft Carrier, Boosting Military Presence
China has launched a new aircraft carrier, boosting its military presence amid rising tensions in the region. It is the...
Japan’s Abe To Visit Russia For Putin Meet
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia this week for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin...
A Strategic Prize
Syria's Tabqa, which US-backed forces entered Monday, is doubly strategic: it lies on the road to the Islamic State...
Europe Migrant Centres ‘concentration Camps’
Pope Francis has described some of Europe's holding centres for migrants and refugees as concentration camps. The Roman...
Russia Tried To Use Trump Advisers To Infiltrate Campaign
Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that suggests...
Russia Court Outlaws ‘extremist’ Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia's Supreme Court has accepted the government's request to designate Jehovah's Witnesses as an outlawed religious...
Kim Family Values On Show At North Korea Parade
Before tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians marched before him, along with some of the most fearsome weapons at...
Syria’s Assad, Hated By the West But Defended By Russia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has denied ordering last week's suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town,...
Russia Court Considers Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban
Russia's Supreme Court has begun hearing a government request to outlaw the Jehovah's Witnesses and declare it an...
Ken Burns Tackles Vietnam War In ‘visceral’ 18-Hour TV History
Legendary US documentary maker Ken Burns's new 18-hour television history of the Vietnam war is a "visceral" experience...
Soviet-Era Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko Dies Aged 84
The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has died of heart failure in the United States at the age of 84. Yevtushenko was...
Russia May Be Supplying Taliban Fighters
The top US general in Europe said on Thursday he has seen growing Russian influence on the Afghan Taliban, and raised...
Russia ‘perhaps’ Supplying Taliban
Russia is "perhaps" supplying the Taliban as they fight US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, a top US general said...
Sweden Updates Hundreds of Nuclear Bunkers As Fear of Russia Grows
Sweden is set to bring hundreds of Cold War-era nuclear bunkers out of mothballs as tensions with Russia in the Baltic...
China Re-Brands Cold War Nuclear Bunker As Tourist Draw
It was a top-secret Chinese nuclear facility with a deadly Cold War mission -- to make plutonium for an atomic bomb --...