Germany's healthcare system is losing as much as a billion euros a year to scammers, some of whom are linked to the Russian mafia, according to a media report Sunday.
President Vladimir Putin assured Russians that the economy will resume growth next year in his annual call-in show last week
Newly elected FIFA President Gianni Infantino will visit the next two hosts of the World Cup, Russia and Qatar, next week, the global soccer body said on Friday.
The Euro-Russian spacecraft ExoMars, launched towards the Red Planet last month, has sent home its first pictures from space and is in "excellent health", the European Space Agency said Thursday.
Three suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday as they tried to storm a rural police station in a usually peaceful region of southern Russia, causing no other casualties, police said.
Medical tests on a jailed Ukrainian pilot on hunger strike show her blood is thickening, putting her at risk of developing a blood clot which could kill her, her lawyers said Monday.
A flydubai passenger plane crashed in Russia last month after being flown in a contradictory manner minutes before it smashed into the ground, a statement from investigators said, suggesting pilot error was to blame.
Kenya were on Thursday given a new deadline of May 2 by the World Anti-Doping Agency to implement WADA's code or risk missing out on the Rio Olympics.
A furious Kremlin said it was the target of a plot to destabilise Russia after a massive leak of confidential documents fingered President Vladimir Putin's close associates along with other world leaders.
A fire ripped through a Russian Defence Ministry building in central Moscow on Sunday, sending plumes of smoke over the Russian capital as firefighters battled to extinguish the blaze.
Russian police, rescue workers and volunteers are searching for a US student who went missing in a Siberian village three days ago, investigators said Wednesday.
Syrian forces strengthened their hold on Palmyra and pushed forward against the Islamic State group after dealing it a major blow by retaking the ancient city.
