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The Arctic may not be all it's cracked up to be
As the Arctic melts, global competition among the regional powers continues to heat up.Russia has started an aggressive campaign of militarizing its northern coast while the US is upping its...
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Kyiv has invited the International Criminal Court to probe for war crimes in...
Ukraine has accepted the International Criminal Court's (ICC) jurisdiction to probe possible war crimes committed during Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the separatist conflict in...
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Russia is building a nuclear-armed drone submarine
Russia is building a drone submarine to deliver large-scale nuclear weapons against U.S. harbors and coastal cities, according to Pentagon officials.The developmental unmanned underwater vehicle, or...
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Syrian army official: We are seeing a lot more Russian military 'experts'...
The alarms are sounding in Washington.According to a Syrian military official, Russian military experts have become more present in Syria over the last year."Russian experts are always present but in...
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The US just called out Putin over ISIS as Russian soldiers join the fight in...
A Reuters report confirms that Russians are taking part in the fighting on the side of Syrian President Bashar Assad."The Russians are no longer just advisors," a Lebanese source told Reuters. "The...
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Russia building major military base near Ukrainian border
SOLOTI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia has started to build a huge military base housing ammunition depots and barracks for several thousand soldiers near the Ukrainian border, a project that suggests the...
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A lost song by one of the world's most famous composers was just found
A Russian librarian has discovered an important work by composer Igor Stravinsky that was believed lost for a century, an expert at Saint Petersburg Conservatory told AFP on Wednesday."The Funeral...
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Why Russia is boosting its military presence in Syria right now
BEIRUT, LEBANON — Mounting evidence suggests Russia is significantly increasing military assistance to the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in what is seen as a bid to solidify...
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Russia is raising the stakes in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) - By refusing to clarify the scale of its military presence in Syria, Russia keeps the West fearing a considerable build-up to win a stronger bargaining position when world powers sit...
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Here are the weapons Russia is reportedly sending to Syria
Russia is supplying the Syrian army with hardware including small arms, grenade launchers, advanced BTR-82A armored personnel carriers and Kamaz military trucks, Russia's Kommersant newspaper reported...
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The Kremlin refuses to talk about Russian soldiers reportedly fighting in Syria
The Kremlin declined to comment on Thursday on whether Russian troops were fighting in Syria, after sources in Lebanon told Reuters that Russian forces had begun participating in military operations...
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Here's how China's aircraft carrier stacks up to other world powers
An epic military parade earlier this month showed off some of the Chinese military's new toys, unveiling heavy vehicles in maritime camo as their island-building in the South China Sea sits in US...
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Israeli official: Iran's military mastermind went to Russia to talk to Putin...
The increased presence of Russian and Iranian troops in Syria is the"result of a meeting between [Iranian military mastermind Qasem] Soleimani with Russian President Vladimir Putin" and is due to...
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Seven countries that are surprisingly hard to visit
Some countries launch extravagant, expensive campaigns to lure in tourists. Others seem entirely uninterested in tourism dollars, making it extremely difficult for foreign visitors to enter.We've found...
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23 pictures that show why travelers voted St. Petersburg the best destination...
St. Petersburg, Russia, was just named the best destination in Europe by the World Travel Awards.To determine the World Travel Awards winners, thousands of travelers and people working in the travel...
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We're reportedly about to see some familiar Russian faces in Syria — and...
Some of the Russian troops reportedly being sent to Syria are from the same brigade that helped annex Crimea, according to a lengthy investigation conducted by Ruslan Leviev, a specialist in...
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'FATHER OF ALL BOMBS': Russia tested the world's largest nonnuclear bomb 8...
On September 11, 2007, Russia announced to the world that it had successfully tested the world's most powerful nonnuclear bomb.The "father of all Bombs," (FOAB) named in response to America's smaller...
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Report: Russians 'are directing air operations and issuing instructions' at...
BEIRUT – As Moscow ramps up its military presence in Syria, one pro-rebel news outlet has claimed that Russia is now in control of Damascus International Airport. “A number of workers in Damascus...
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Russia just gave into cheaper oil
The Central Bank of Russia officially made a move in response to falling oil prices and a weaker ruble: it kept interest rates on hold at 11%. This was the first time it didn't cut rates this...
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Apple reportedly agreed to store user data for Russian customers on servers...
Apple has reportedly given in to the Russian's government demand that any data about users in the country be stored inside Russia.The Moscow times reports, citing an article in the (Russian-language)...
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