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Russian warplanes in Turkey for a second time

Turkey's foreign ministry claims a Russian warplane strayed into Turkey's air space for a second time yesterday. It follows a similar incident the day before,...

Turkey summons Russian envoy over airspace violation

Turkey has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest at the violation of its airspace by a Russian war plane near the border with Syria,...

US urges Russians to focus airstrikes on Islamic State

Pentagon officials have urged the Russian military to focus its airstrikes in Syria on Islamic State (IS) fighters rather than opponents of Syrian President...

Hillary Clinton targeted by Russia-linked e-mail scam

Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times to trick Hillary Clinton into infecting her computer systems while she was US secretary of state, newly-released...

Russia’s foreign minister defends airstrikes in Syria

minister has defended his country's airstrikes in Syria. Sergey Lavrov says he and the US-led coalition "see eye-to-eye" on the fight against terrorism. Concerns have been...

Russia targeting ‘well known groups’ and not just Islamic State with Syria airstrikes

Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are targeting other terrorist groups as well as Islamic State militants, according to a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia...

Russian airstrikes ‘targeting Syrian opposition groups, not Islamic State’

Western governments have expressed concern that Russian airstrikes in support of the beleaguered regime of Bashar Assad are targeting moderate Syrian opposition groups. President Vladimir...

Russian politicians give Putin go-ahead for troops in Syria

The upper chamber of the Russian parliament has voted unanimously to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria. The Federation Council discussed Mr...

Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia says she was kidnapped

A Ukrainian officer charged with the deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine has said she was kidnapped by Russians after being captured...

Putin calls for broad anti-IS coalition

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the creation of a broad anti-terror coalition that would include the Syrian government troops. Addressing the UN General Assembly,...

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