RUSSIA

Russia's Foreign Ministry expressed support for Venezuela's tactics against opposition groups and pledged continued economic cooperation.

Russia is digging ditches to slow munitions and intruders moving into the country across its western border.

SpaceX, now certified by the U.S. Air Force, can compete against a Boeing and Lockheed Martin consortium for high-profile space missions.

France will now negotiate compensation with Russia after both sides decided that the two warships could not be delivered.

The Russian president said that "unacceptable" foreign intervention took place without the permission of the U.N. Security Council.

Russia's next-door neighbor has a new government, which has left open the option of joining NATO in the next four years.

A pair of Russian dignitaries think its women citizens who work for a living need to "address their domestic issues."

Iran has long refused access to its military sites to United Nations inspectors, who say they need to evaluate Iran's nuclear program to see if it could develop weapons.

Local officials say the separatist commander was taken out by a car bomb and machine-gun ambush.

Poland’s presidential election Sunday is a wake-up call to the country’s centrists ahead of autumn parliamentary polls.

Europe says Russian President Vladimir Putin’s law banning “undesirable” groups is an assault on civil society.

Swedish singer Mans Zelmerlow impressed voters worldwide on the Eurovision stage with pop tune and light show.

One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and five wounded in clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists over the past 24 hours, despite a ceasefire.

This year's annual international song contest will be held this weekend.

The vessel's deployment is part of a larger plan to contribute toward the collective security of America's NATO allies.

The task of signaling U.S. determination to defend Europe falls, again, to an airplane that first flew when Truman was president.

Russia's media watchdog has written to Google, Twitter and Facebook warning them against violating Russian Internet laws and a spokesman said on Thursday they risk being blocked if they do not comply with the rules.

Facebook, Twitter and Google have been accused by the Russian government of violating the country's "blogger law" — a law that gives the country censorship capabilities.

Eurovision 2015 organizers are preparing to use "anti-booing" technology if the audience heckles Russian contestants.

Russia was suspended as a member of the G8 bloc last year after it annexed the Crimean peninsula.

The Islamic State allegedly used 30 car bombs, including 10 massive ones, during its attack on the city of Ramadi.