RUSSIA

The price of crude fell about 3 percent Monday on fears that a six-week market recovery has gone beyond fundamentals as stockpiles continue to build.

Both Russia and the U.S. have spent millions per day on operations in Syria. But Russia's economy has been less capable of supporting the expense.

Nearly 500,000 people have been killed, and more than half the population of 22 million has been displaced.

The conflict in Syria, which has displaced millions and destabilized the Middle East, began in March 2011 after anti-government protests turned violent.

As the civil war in Syria, which has left more than 250,000 dead, reaches the five-year mark, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he had achieved his goals and was ready to remove his forces.

Despite the global oversupply, Iran has accelerated production as it seeks to recover the output it lost under Western sanctions.

Monday’s ruling in Russia comes less than a month after the European Union revived a probe into the search giant’s ad practices.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that a possible mandate for an operation against terrorists in the country must be defined unambiguously.

The United Kingdom and Sweden will also jointly conduct an observation flight over Russia under the Treaty on Open Skies.

The Syrian government said Saturday it would not discuss presidential elections at peace talks in Geneva this week.

Iran is negotiating with Germany’s Siemens and U.S. company General Electric over oil and gas equipment, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Sunday.

Until now, southern Syria had remained largely untouched by U.S.-led coalition forces fighting the Islamic State group.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on global powers to punish Iran for violating United Nations sanctions.

Russia will find out in May whether its athletes will be allowed to compete in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

As the tech company and the U.S. government wrestle over encryption issues, many industry players say they've seen this all before.

The collaboration between the European Space Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos will analyze the planet’s atmosphere for signs of microbial life.

The former world No. 1 tennis star took to Facebook to slam "distorted and exaggerated" media reports.

Autocratic regimes have become key partners in the fight against terror in the region. But observers fear U.S. aid could fuel ISIS growth.

While both countries agreed on the need for measures to prevent North Korea's nuclear development, they condemned the deployment of a missile defense system by the U.S.

Mikhail Lesin, whose body was found in November in a Washington hotel room, suffered numerous injuries, the D.C. medical examiner's office said.

The president's comments on the Middle East rivals were part of a wide-ranging interview on foreign policy with the Atlantic magazine.