RUSSIA

The Russian government has estimated that operations will last another year, which means the cost of the total intervention could reach almost $3 billion.

Russia is arming Kyrgyzstan's military, to the northeast of Afghanistan, to counter threats from the Islamic State group.

ISIS likely is able to make fake Syrian passports, and security officials say it's difficult to pick them out.

A Russian court issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Kremlin critic and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Russia and India have held an annual bilateral summit, hosted alternately by Moscow and New Delhi, since 2000.

The announcement comes as Iran prepares to see sanctions lifted — and the two countries move to improve their trade relations.

These trades have allegedly allowed investors to move money from one country to another in violation of sanctions placed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea.

The Russian defense ministry said Monday that the probe into the black box of the Su-24M fighter jet shot down by Turkey last month can be continued only with the help of specialized research institutes.

The French defense minister is proposing that Moscow share intelligence to track French and Russian nationals in the Islamic State group.

India also wants to discuss a possible purchase of two diesel-electric submarines, 48 military transport helicopters and 150 armored fighting vehicles.

In targeting oil, coalition jets and ground force allies made up of Kurdish and Syrian rebel groups, have stopped the terror group from bringing in $50 million a month in profit. 

Reiterating his defense of the Russian president, the GOP front-runner said there is no proof that Vladimir Putin has ever killed journalists and political opponents.

Russians with cash to spare have been sinking it into hard assets in the United States hoping to benefit from the stability in the country.

At least 10 people were reportedly wounded in an explosion in Damascus Sunday.

Jeb Bush was the most active on Twitter, criticizing Hillary Clinton for her policies on fighting ISIS.

Sanders and Clinton split, while O'Malley said he could offer the perspective of a "different generation."

The widely anticipated U.S. interest rate hike has spelled good news for currencies in South Africa and Turkey, but others are struggling.

Mireia Lalaguna Royo of Spain was crowned Miss World 2015 Saturday, beating 116 other contestants in the international beauty pageant held this year in Sanya, China.

Russia's deployment of the S-400 in Syria is purely for protection, it says, but the move has inadvertently grounded U.S. jets, and Pentagon officials claim Russia was targeting its aircraft.

A new video shows a fighter encouraging the beheading of Shiite citizens in Saudi Arabia, followed by the gruesome execution of an alleged Saudi spy.

Japan will deploy troops and put missiles on islands in the East China Sea to limit China's aggressive moves to claim territory in the South China Sea and East China Sea.