The Kremlin said on Friday it was using its influence to try to ensure the Syrian army fully implemented a shaky ceasefire agreement and that it hoped the United States would use its own influence with rebel groups too.
Turkey, which has sent dozens of tanks and hundreds of troops into Syria in an unprecedented incursion, on Saturday welcomed a deal between the United States and Russia for a ceasefire in its conflict-torn neighbour.
A new Polish feature film about the April 2010 jet crash in Russia which killed then president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others has revived conspiracy theories about Moscow's role in the tragedy.
Russian and Iranian firms began work on Saturday on two additional reactors at Iran's nuclear power plant on the Gulf coast at Bushehr, the project manager said.
The US and Russia conducted last-minute negotiations Thursday over a fresh bid for a Syrian peace deal ahead of an expected high-level meeting in Geneva.
The US pressed Russia on Thursday for a "true cessation of hostilities" in Syria ahead of a expected high-level peace talks in Geneva, warning that its patience is running thin.
The world's two biggest oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia said Monday they had agreed to ‘act together’ to stabilise oil prices as they seek to steady the markets.
Syrian government troops renewed the siege of rebel-held parts of Aleppo on Sunday, as Washington and Moscow failed to reach a deal on stemming violence in the country's devastating war.
The US said Sunday it had not yet struck a hoped-for deal with Russia on stemming the violence in Syria's brutal civil war, blaming Moscow for backtracking on issues it thought were settled.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said an agreement between oil exporters to freeze output would be the right decision for the global market and a compromise should be found for Iran to achieve a deal.
Talks between senior Russian and American officials aiming for a broad ceasefire in Syria are likely to last into the weekend, as the conflict only intensifies further...
Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for strikes in Syria, Iran's foreign ministry announced on Monday, bringing an abrupt halt to an unprecedented deployment that was criticised ...
