Russia rejects Turkey's claims that it did not know the plane it shot down on the Syria border was Russian.

In a move raising the potential threat of a Russia-NATO conflict, Russia said Wednesday it will deploy long-range air defense missiles to its base in Syria and destroy any target that may threaten its warplanes following the downing of a Russian military jet by Turkey.

Turkish aircraft fire has brought down a Russian Su-24 near the Turkish-Syrian border on November 24. It has generated a war of words between Russia and Turkey...

Did the Turks overreact to a Russian incursion? Or was Ankara itching for an opportunity to send a robust message to Moscow?

The surviving pilot of a Russian plane shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border says no warning was given, and the plane was inside Syrian airspace.

Bone chilling pictures of the notorious Rasputin have been colourised to vividly bring to life the so-called ‘Mad Monk’- almost a century after he was poisoned, shot, beaten and drowned by Russian nobles fearful of his growing influence, reports Daily Mail.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says the government is not bothered by today’s statement issued by HRW over the trial of death row convict war criminals Mojaheed and SQ Chy.

The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.

Russian scientists display the remains of two ancient cave lion cubs that were found preserved in permafrost. The cave lion species became extinct some 12,000 years ago.

Russia's security chief says a "terror act" brought down the Russian A321 airliner in Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board.

Senior Iraqi intelligence officials warned coalition countries of imminent assaults by the Islamic State group just one day before last week's deadly attacks in Paris killed 129 people, according to reports.

Russia's athletics federation has been provisionally suspended from international competition - including the Olympic Games - for its alleged involvement in widespread doping.

Russia should be banned from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report has recommended.

Russia says it has flown 11,000 tourists home from Egypt in the past 24 hours, and more will return on Sunday.

A wealthy Russian close to President Vladimir Putin has been found dead in a Washington hotel.

Russia orders the suspension of all flights to Egypt following indications that the crash near Sharm el-Sheikh was caused by a bomb.

Intelligence suggests the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board may have been brought down by a bomb, US and UK officials say.

Here is what happened to Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghanistan's only cosmonaut, who was travelling back to earth with a Russian commander in 1988 with enough oxygen for just 24 hours.

The Russian airline Kogalymavia blames "external influence" for Saturday's Sinai plane crash which killed 224 people.

A Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, broke up in mid-air, a Russian official says.