The Syrian regime's key ally Russia launched heavy air strikes overnight on the outskirts of divided Aleppo city, slowing a "last-chance" assault by rebels seeking to break a government siege.
European soccer's governing body has warned the English and Russian soccer associations that their teams could be disqualified from Euro 2016 if there is a continuation of the fan violence ...
President Vladimir Putin has criticised Russia’s large number of space failures after the first rocket launch...
A Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter crashed in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday killing both pilots, Russia's Defence Ministry said.
The UN has suspended Maria Sharapova as a goodwill ambassador after she failed a drug test at the Australian Open, the latest fall from grace for the Russian tennis star.
Maria Sharapova's multimillion dollar business empire has been plunged into turmoil as sponsors began severing ties with the Russian tennis star a day after she admitted failing a drug test.
Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth on Wednesday after nearly a year on the International Space Station, the longest US space mission on record.
Violence in eastern Ukraine is intensifying and Russian-backed rebels have moved heavy weaponry back to the front line, international monitors warned yesterday as Moscow responded by accusing the West of dragging the world back 50 years.
More than 500 people, including dozens of civilians, have been killed since a major Russian-backed regime offensive in Syria's Aleppo province began this month, a monitor said.
