According to Ukrainian troops, at 6 a.m. on Feb. 9, a Russian soldier climbed a mining tower in Toretsk to raise the Russian ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

It’s a hair-raising achievement for Straka, if only he had any hair on his head. Straka, 31, shaved his head before the season-opening Sentry at the advice of a follicle-challenged friend, Brian ...

Syria's interim president has made his first trip abroad, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus' shift away from Iran as its main regional ally.