RUSSIA

The most significant legacy of the coup was the blowback the U.S. suffered in Iran.

Russian great-great-great-grandmother Anastasia Khoreva lived to be 105 years old, but she decided to cut her life short rather than wait to die.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei similarly warned that the Islamic Republic would retaliate with equal force against Israel or the U.S. in the event of an attack.

India will call upon local airlines to boycott the European Union's carbon-offsetting tax, as an ongoing row over a recently-instated tax on flights in and out of Europe has sparked discontent from several nations and heightend fears of a trade war.

Russia, a staunch ally of Syria, has vetoed two U.N. resolutions that condemned President Bashar al-Assad. It now appears Russian officials may have grown impatient with Assad as his crackdown on dissidents continues to escalate.

A military unit from Russia, President Bashar al-Assad's best and last friend, has arrived in Syria, Russian media reported Monday.

India, now the world's largest arms importer, accounted for 10 percent of all weapons imported during the period, according to the Stockholm International Peace Institute.

Russia’s entreaty to its ally comes amidst reports of very heavy fighting in Damascus.

Cost overruns and a massive writedown have knocked Kinross Gold's stock so low that some bankers see it as Canada's biggest potential takeover play, though obstacles to a bid for the senior gold producer may be too big to surmount.

As violence gripped Syria's capital, the head of the Red Cross urged Russian officials to press Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to let humanitarian-aid workers get to residents trapped by the fighting.

The Internet economy of the G20 countries is predicted to reach $4.2 trillion in 2016, according to a report in the Boston Consulting Group's Connected World series.

China has become less dependent on arms imports and, at the same time, has increased the volume of its arms exports, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Following National Potato Chip Day on Mar. 14 and Pepsi's Banner Sun potato chip brands reaching an impressive $10 billion in global retail sales, the food company was very generous in sending me a very interesting selection of chips.

China suspended approval for the purchase of 10 Airbus (EAD) jets, in a continued showdown over European Union emissions charges.

Thousands of Syrians have fled into Turkey, where Erdogan has recommended the creation of “safe zones” along the border.

People protesting against the dictatorial regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been thrust into a nightmarish world of systemic torture, says the Amnesty International.

The International Monetary Fund is highly unlikely to approve Ukraine's request to restructure $3 billion of loan repayments due this year, but the fact that the government is even considering such a move demonstrates the extent to which it is running out of options, according to Capital Economics.

Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, plans to embark on a major sale of a $6 billion Russian government stake on April 16, Reuters reported.

The pair urged support for UN special envoy Kofi Annan in his bid to gather full Security Council backing for a resolution denouncing the crackdown by Syrian government forces on the opposition anti-Assad movement.

A senior Republican senator on Thursday warned the White House that passing legislation to bolster trade relations with Russia won't be a slam dunk because of concerns over that country's record on human rights and foreign policy actions.

Sergei Udaltsov was one of the ringleaders behind protests in Moscow that drew tens of thousands of activists angry at the re-election of Vladimir Putin as President for a third time.