In moves to appease the country’s conservatives, the Syrian government has dropped a rule that banned teachers from wearing a niqab (a veil that covers a woman’s face, except for her eyes) and closed the nation’s lone casino.
Livejournal, the popular blogging site, is has been reporting distributed denial of service attacks over the last week, and some are blaming the Russian government.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's blog has fallen victim to a cyber attack on a hosting website which is popular with government critics who say the attack may herald a clampdown on freedom of speech.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spoke by phone on Thursday morning, discussing developments in the Middle East at length, with a particular focus on Libya, the White House said.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has shrugged off reports that he and President Dmitry Medvedev are split over Russian policy in Libya.
The crisis in Libya has led to the revelation of a rare public disagreement between the two most powerful political leaders in Russia, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
International private equity firms may be tempted to Russia by two potential initiatives -- a fund and a committee to look at investment in the country, a source briefed on the situation said on Sunday.
Russian spy Anna Chapman is in from the cold and out on the Internet with an official website featuring photos, news and an upbeat message urging Russians to smile and be self-reliant.
With warships and missiles, Russia is flexing its muscles in the Far East in a bid to defend its position as an Asian power against China's growing might.
President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Tuesday that Islamist extremists were trying to rip Russia apart and that a wave of unrest across the Arab world could spark decades of strife by ushering fanatics into power.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Wednesday criticized a group of customs officers for a video clip they posted on YouTube celebrating the lavish lifestyle they say comes with their government jobs.
The brother and sister of the alleged suicide bomber who killed 36 people at Russia's busiest airport have been arrested for helping him, along with a third accomplice, Russian media said Wednesday.
Global defense manufacturers, competing to sell products to one of the fastest growing aircraft markets in the world, are poised to unveil new products at India's biennial air show and fight it out for one of the largest export orders in the history of defense.
Russian ground control has received the first signal from the military satellite Geo-IK-2, deemed lost two hours after launch on Tuesday, the Itar-Tass news agency said on Wednesday.
Neiba scrapes out a meagre income selling soil-caked clumps of wild garlic she picks in the forests of Russia's poorest province -- an occupation a growing Islamic insurgency has made increasingly hazardous.
In his opening speech at the Davos world economic forum in Switzerland, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev touched on a number of subjects, including why he was late to the confab – the suicide bombing in a Moscow airport that killed 35 people.
Dmitry Medvedev, the President of Russia, already reeling from the airport suicide bombing in Moscow, will open the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The International Olympic Committee Tuesday played down security concerns for the 2014 winter Olympics in Russia's Sochi, a day after a suicide bombing killed 35 people at a Moscow airport.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge on Tuesday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people at Russia's busiest airport and underscored the Kremlin's failure to stem a rising tide of attacks.
While U.S. President Barack Obama put up a preview to his much anticipated State of the Union address on the popular video sharing website, eyewitnesses of the suicide bombing at the Moscow airport uploaded footage of the blasts online.
President Dmitry Medvedev placed the blame on Tuesday on a lapse in security for allowing a suspected suicide bomber to kill at least 35 people and wound scores at Russia's busiest airport.
A bombing at Russia's largest airport in Moscow on Monday has killed more than 30 people and injured numerous others, according to reports.
