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The Miss Universe 2013 pageant will air on NBC Saturday night, live from Russia, with 86 beautiful contestants competing for the crown.

Forbes' latest list of the most powerful people is a window into the world's shifting power base.

The two nations are close to finalizing additional units to a joint nuclear plant in India, and plan to improve trade in oil, gas and aviation.

The Olympic torch went out during a preliminary torch relay Sunday in Moscow during the run-up to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

Peter Willcox, who was the captain of the Greenpeace ship that was bombed by French forces in 1985, is among activists detained in Russia.

Here’s how Russia is taking commercial advantage of global warming.

At the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. president prepares the ground for what looks like a warming of relations with Tehran.

Syria’s deputy prime minister of economic affairs says that neither side in the civil war is capable of overpowering the other.

Sen. John McCain, in an opinion piece on Russia's Pravda.ru website, said Russians deserve a better leader than Vladimir Putin.

Racism against blacks and Africans is deep-rooted and widespread in Russia.

A UN report examined blood, urine, hair, soil and rocket samples and found 85 percent of blood samples tested positive for sarin.

The U.N. has overwhelming evidence that chemical weapons were used in Aug. 21 attack in Damascus, Syria.

Soon retiring NBA commissioner David Stern was critical of the silence on Russia's anti-gay law ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year.

With both military and diplomatic solutions on the table, President Obama will address the nation at 9 p.m. ET on intervention in Syria.

U.S. intelligence agencies are still in the dark on what role Bashar Assad played in the chemical attack near Damascus.

Jonathan Corpina, senior managing partner with Meridian, discusses the labor force participation rate's inverse effect on unemployment.

Trouble in emerging markets dominated discussions about the global economy, while tensions between world leaders on Syria hung over the summit.

The U.S. might be edging closer to bypassing the UN Security Council’s vote and proceeding with a unilateral attack on Syria.

President Obama delivered a speech ahead of the G20 summit in Russia, and mentioned one man's name that you may have never heard of.

Moscow would back a military strike against Syria if it is convinced Bashar Assad's regime was behind a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.

Other expected topics: government deficits, turbulence in emerging markets and an agreement to combat tax evasion.