A senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter, Russia's investigative committee…

A blast at an explosives factory in Turkey has killed at least 12 people, a government minister said.

A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was sent to Syria to collect weapons has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials in Moscow.

UN investigators say Syria's new authorities are "very receptive" to their request to probe possible war crimes that may have occurred during the Bashar…

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas…

In early December 1955, the phone rang at an air base in Colorado Springs. The officers on the watch floor of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD)…

The preserved remains of a juvenile mammoth have been discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.

A man has been charged over the death of a woman who was set on fire on a New York subway train.

Slovakia's prime minister has drawn criticism from across Europe and from his own people after his surprise visit to Moscow for face-to-face talks…

Moscow has denied claims Bashar al Assad's wife is seeking a divorce and a route out of Russia, where the couple are staying.

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The mother of a nine-year-old boy killed in the German Christmas market attack has paid tribute to "my little teddy bear".

After the carnage at the Magdeburg Christmas market, there are now questions about whether something was missed.

A small plane has crashed into a popular Brazilian tourist town, killing all 10 people on board, according to officials.