The first challenge to the Western hegemony that followed the collapse of Communism in Europe was the emergence of the so-called...

The world's "up and coming economies" are struggling to shake off corruption, an anti-graft watchdog warned today, citing massive scandals in Brazil and Malaysia as cause for concern.

Scientists are set to announce today whether the civilization is any closer or farther from disaster based on a "Doomsday Clock" that measures the likelihood of a global catastrophe.

A senior US Treasury official directly accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, in a BBC programme.

Russia's economy contracts by 3.7% in 2015, according to preliminary figures published by the country's statistics service.

Humans were in the Arctic at least 45,000 years ago, revealed a new study that describes a brutal mammoth hunting by humans from that time.

Russian police have opened an investigation on Saturday after a doctor was captured on video punching a patient inside a hospital, knocking him to the floor.

It is easy to see that Russia is pivoting towards Asia, and in a very big way. Like the EU, Russia too is hunting for new markets except that it has already found some markets and in the process of going after new ones.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expresses concerns over safety and reliability of Russian nuclear reactors to be set up at Rooppur nuclear power plant project.

Bangladesh signs its biggest ever contract worth $12.65 billion with a Russia’s state-run company to build the Rooppur nuclear power plant that would generate 2,400 megawatts of electricity.

Russia dismisses as "total lies" a report by Amnesty International accusing it of indiscriminate air strikes in Syria.

In an unusual incident, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pulled back by a Russian official as he walked past the guard of honour accorded to him while Indian national anthem was being played soon after his arrival at the Moscow airport.

At least 200 civilians are killed in Russian air strikes in Syria, an Amnesty International report says, quoting witnesses and activists.

Looking back at the eventful year, some names stand out head and shoulders above others, and have managed to make headlines with significant contributions to the whole as a whole. Let’s meet some of the luminaries of 2015 who have shown bright as a beacon of inspiration for many people around the world.

Vladimir Putin has said Russia is using "far from everything we are capable of" in its military operations in Syria.

The memory card in the flight recorder of a Russian warplane downed by Turkey on the Syria border last month is damaged, Russian investigators say.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Moscow for talks to try to bridge gaps with Russia over the political process to end Syria's civil war.

A Russian destroyer in the Aegean Sea opens fire to avoid a collision with a Turkish fishing boat, the defence ministry said, as a bitter dispute over the shooting down of a Russian warplane raged on.

A fire at a psychiatric hospital in southern Russia kills 23 people, the RIA Novosti news agency reports.

While NASA is working on its manned mission to Mars, Russia it turns out has set its sights on a location a little bit closer to home: the moon.