Putin sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, amid Kyiv’s bid to join NATO that he described as a “red line” for Moscow. He had cast the alliance’s eastward expansion as a major threat to Russia ...

With construction starting in 1981, tens of thousands of workers spent years building the world's longest single rail system ...

Michael Waltz, Trump’s national security adviser, said the U.S. and Russia “negotiated an exchange” to ensure Fogel’s release ...

Moscow said on Friday that its forces had seized a handful of settlements in Donetsk since the start of the month.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the strategic coal-mining city of Toretsk in ...

The program of flights to Cam Ranh is currently considered from Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, certain other Siberian cities, and the Far East, Evgeny Korolyov said ...

A Russian strike has left five civilians killed, including a pregnant teenager. Also about 55 people were said to have been ...

The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Kuwait Vladimir Geltov announced that an understanding has been reached with the ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north and provided the only safe access route to Idlib, where HTS was based. Even ...

Syrian rebels entered Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 54-year rule and ostensibly the first phase of the Syrian Civil War ...

At least five people died overnight as Russian drone and missile strikes pounded Ukraine’s towns and cities, local officials ...

Historically, major population centers grew along the more temperate and fertile coastal regions, where trade, agriculture, and infrastructure could thrive. Original article: 15 Largest Cities in ...