RUSSIA

The Federal Reserve replaced "considerable time" from its monetary policy Wednesday, promising to be "patient" when hiking rates.

Residents of cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg are ditching their beleaguered currency for Western goods as fast as they can.

The Vatican has been working behind the scenes for months to achieve the US-Cuba rapprochement.

U.S. Federal Reserve prepares Wednesday to debate inflation concerns at a meeting in Washington.

Igor Sechin, head of Russia's biggest oil producer, said such speculation is a "provocation."

He's lost twice already, and other GOP moderates like Christie and Bush seem likely to run. But Mitt Romney doesn't seem to have ruled it out.

As the ruble is significantly undervalued, Russia has started selling its currency reserves to resolve the crisis.

Russia has so far spent about $80 billion -- a fifth of its international reserves -- in an unsuccessful move to stabilize the ruble.

The sanctions, in response to Russia’s attacks on the Ukraine, were enacted Tuesday and are expected to arrive by the end of the week

Most Russians aren't exposed to the economic woes stemming from the ruble's collapse, but some say they are hit hard.

Apple has shut off sales in Russia as the country's currency hits historic lows.

Russia's oil-dependent economy faces three key problems: Falling oil prices, trade sanctions and a flight of investment capital.

The Russian currency is in serious trouble, and so is the nation's economy, but the president is unlikely to back off.

For the NBA's growing international player base, assimilating to life on the court is much easier than the American life outside the arena.

The Blue Chip Dow rebounded Tuesday after a surprise dividend hike from Boeing cut early losses following Russia's surprise interest rate hike.

Currency traders hammered the ruble to a record low against the dollar, despite central bank action to halt the slide.

Danish officials acknowledge it could take two or three decades to gain global acceptance of their claim.

The exercises featuring 9,000 soldiers and more than 55 naval ships were aimed at testing the military's combat readiness in Kaliningrad.

Developing countries lose more money through corruption and tax evasion than they receive in international aid, a report shows.

Russian marines may have boarded the warship that France doesn't want to deliver to Russia.

A "day of silence" has prevented civilian casualties since Dec. 9, but a new U.N. report shows that a September ceasefire has largely failed.