Russia's Paralympic Committee on Monday vowed to fight its ban from the Rio Games over state-sponsored doping and insisted it was committed to fighting the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Sunday banned all russians from its own Games next month because of the widespread doping culture that it says has polluted sport in the country.
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.
Olympics chief Thomas Bach called for a complete overhaul of the global anti-doping system on Tuesday after revelations of state-backed cheating by Russia rocked preparations for the Rio Games.
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged Russia to ‘restrain’ itself and the government in Syria as fierce fighting there continues on the day he had hoped political transition could start.
A Russian military helicopter was shot down over Syria on Monday, killing all five people on board in the single deadliest incident for Moscow since it intervened in the war.
Hillary Clinton on Sunday sharply criticized Donald Trump over his ‘absolute allegiance’ to Russian policy aims, saying it raised both ‘national security issues’ and new doubts about his temperament.
Russia's intelligence service said on Saturday that the computer networks of 20 organizations, including state agencies and defence companies, have been infected with spyware...
Russia told the United States on Thursday to get to the bottom of a hacking scandal involving Democratic Party emails itself and rejected what Donald Trump said was a sarcastic suggestion that Moscow should dig up Hillary Clinton's "missing" emails.
The number of foreigners visiting Turkey plummeted more than 40% in June, official data showed on Thursday, marking the biggest drop in at least 22 years as tensions with Russia and a series of deadly bombings kept tourists away.
Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday invited Russia to dig up tens of thousands of "missing" emails from Hillary Clinton's time at the US State Department, vexing intelligence experts.
Russian warplanes bombed a remote outpost in Syria used by elite US and British forces last month as well as another site linked to the CIA, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
