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The Pentagon suffered the most significant breach yet of its cyber security system, underscoring fears that secret defense files and networks are vulnerable to cyber attacks and lending a sense of urgency to the institution's push to bolster its cyber security.

Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi will destroy Tripoli by blowing it up if rebels take control of the capital, a Russian diplomat told the Izvestia newspaper.

America's defense agency is having trouble defending itself, as the largest-ever cyber attack on the Pentagon lent a sense of urgency to the institution's push to safeguard defense secrets and networks by bolstering cyber security.

The Pentagon suffered the most significant breach yet of its cyber security system, underscoring fears that secret defense files and networks are vulnerable to cyber attacks.

The Russian government is trying to make amends to the victims of the sinking of The Bulgaria

Luanda beat out perennials such as Tokyo, Oslo and New York as the city with the highest cost of living.

The death toll in a Russian riverboat accident reached 100 on Wednesday after divers recovered more bodies from the sunken vessel, an Emergency Situations Ministry official said.

The Moscow Cathedral Mosque -- a place of worship for many Russian Muslims of Tatar origin-- was built in 1904. This year, that mosque is 107 years old. Where's Muslim Russia's Google Doodle?

Russia's St. Basil's Cathedral turned 450 today after a decade-long restoration that cost nearly 13.8 million dollars.

Five neo-Nazi gang members face life in prison after being convicted of 27 brutal, racially charged murders

Millions of people go whale watching each year in countries around the world, but concerns have been raised that the burgeoning tourist industry could be negatively affecting the whales.

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has launched a criminal investigation into the sinking of the Bulgaria, but it will do little to stop further tragedies.

Today, Russia's flamboyant national symbol, St. Basil's Cathedral, turns 450 years old.

Divers searching for victims in a sunken tourist boat in Russia’s Volga River have found approximately 40 children, the highest death toll for children in Russia since a 2004 terrorist attack.

China could begin testing its first aircraft carrier within weeks and is developing more advanced satellites Reuters reports.

Google has commemorated the 450th anniversary of St. Basil's with a Google doodle on its main search page.

Taliban has claimed responsibility for killing Afghan President Hamid Karzai's half-brother Ahmad Wali Karzai and also named the assassin as Sardar Ahmad, Voice of Russia reported, quoting the spokesman of the militant group.

The newest country in the world is set to get its own currency and to join the United Nations.

A 50 year-old cruise ship in Russia's Volga River capsized Sunday, killing at least 50 people

Officials take stock of the conditions that led up to the accident as the death toll continues to mount.

A Russian double-deck cruise cruise ship that sank in Volga River on Sunday claimed more than 100 lives, with several people still missing.