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The continued tit-for-tat violations between Turkey and Russia are making NATO officials fear a wider conflict and a standoff with Moscow.

Video footage from the incident shows a black-clad woman shouting and raising a child's head in the air.

Nearly half a million people are estimated to be trapped in besieged towns and villages in Syria.

As the ceasefire in Syria entered its third day Monday, Russia’s state-owned media said the deal was proof that Russia is one of the world’s key decision-makers.

Documents obtained by the Boston Globe showed that bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev passed the U.S. citizenship test just three months before the April 2013 attack.

Two blasts rocked a market on Sunday in the northeast suburb of Sadr City, killing at least 70 and wounding more than 100.

Tiangong-2 will be launched later this year, advancing China’s ambitious plan to build its own space station by 2022.

A methane gas leak is said to have caused the explosions on Thursday and Sunday. Five rescuers are among the dead.

The prominent Russian opposition leader was walking across a bridge near the Kremlin in Moscow when he was shot to death a year ago.

Oscar nominations and wins can be jackpots for the relevant films, but the ratings of the ceremony itself doesn’t mean much for the movie industry.

If the agreement brokered by the U.S. and Russia holds, it will be the first successful peace initiative during the five years of the Syrian Civil War.

The rebel group called the alleged assault Saturday a breach of the cessation of hostilities plan that came into effect at midnight Friday.

As a ceasefire takes effect, opposition forces say they have not received U.S. support in months — raising questions about Washington's commitment level.

A lunar station could be used as a jumping-off point for longer missions to Mars.

One year on from the murder of Boris Nemtsov in Russia, his friends and relatives say the perpetrators are being shielded from justice.

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said the tests send a message to strategic rivals like Russia, China and North Korea that Washington has an effective nuclear arsenal.

Taiwan's Foxconn said a plan to buy Sharp wasn't final, contradicting an announcement by the Osaka company.

That's how much would need to be spent to replace the U.S. nuclear deterrent — and send a strong message to Russia, China and North Korea, the Pentagon says.

U.S. and Russian officials are completing a U.N. resolution that would “support a political transition” away from war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.

The embargo will give inspectors time to investigate whether humanitarian laws have been breached in Yemen.

Many questions over implementation and other strategies remain only two days before the U.S.-Russian engineered ceasefire takes effect in Syria.