Fighting against ISIS rages in ancient Syrian town
ISIS militants, who have controlled Palmyra since May, have destroyed some of the town's best known Roman-era archaeological relics
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Russia to beef up military, recession be damned
Its ailing economy may be able to ill afford it, but Moscow plans to bolster force with troops and weapons from coast to coast
Russian court convicts Ukrainian pilot, so she sings
Nadezhda Savchenko was serving in a Ukrainian volunteer battalion against Russia-backed rebels when she was captured by separatist rebels
Russia gives U.S. new ultimatum in Syria cease-fire
Complaining U.S. isn't working with Moscow to address violations, Russian military says it will hit offending rebels unilaterally
Russia: Black boxes from deadly plane crash badly damaged
Aviation experts began examining black boxes from FlyDubai flight that crashed in southern Russia, killing all 62 aboard
Investigators search for cause of deadly plane crash
Dubai airliner nosedives, explodes in giant fireball while trying to land in strong winds
Passenger plane from Dubai crashes in Russia
All 61 people on board killed as FlyDubai plane goes down while trying to land in southern Russia
Official: ISIS' money running short because of U.S. bombing campaign
New report shows that over the past 15 months, ISIS has also lost more than a fifth of the territory it controlled in Iraq and Syria
Kurds plan to carve out quasi-state in northern Syria
Group deemed terrorists by Turkey and left out of peace talks is offering up a plan of its own to subdivide war-torn country
After 5 years of war, Russia and Syria claim "success"
Russian military begins withdrawal as peace process seems to take root, but "mother of all issues" still unresolved
Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria
Pentagon officials say Russia already reduced its bombing campaign to mostly ISIS targets; Putin says move should help peace talks
Russia claims Turkish troops entrenched in Syria
Russian FM Lavrov decries Turkey's "creeping expansion"; also, U.S.-backed rebels in Syria say al Qaeda seized bases and stole weapons from them
Five years on, how Syrian conflict changed the world
A shaky cease-fire is a small ray of hope in conflict that began as an Arab Spring uprising and has now touched nearly every corner of globe
Syrian opposition says it will rejoin peace talks
Western-backed rebels cautious, citing Assad's ongoing "crimes," but the big push for peace appears to remain on-pace
What the world thinks: Foreign leaders react to Trump
Diplomatic decorum generally keeps international officials' lips sealed over possible future U.S. leaders -- but not always
Nanny formally charged in Russian girl's brutal murder
Uzbek woman previously diagnosed with schizophrenia has made bizarre remarks since waving head of alleged victim at Muscovites
How well is the Syrian cease-fire really working?
Monitoring group cites impressive drop in overall violence, and in spite of the challenges, limited truce could prove a major turning point
Kremlin: Nanny accused of killing Russian girl "deranged"
Amid reports of schizophrenia diagnosis, Uzbek woman appears in video saying alleged beheading was revenge for Putin's Syria campaign
With truce, U.N. still can't reach starving Syrians
Even with relative calm, spokesman says issues of "logistical nature," like getting permission from Assad regime, blocking aid
Nanny accused in Russia girl's murder: Allah ordered it
Uzbek woman makes little sense addressing reporters outside court, as prosecutors claim she was "incited" to brutally kill 4-year-old girl
Russian TV silent after young girl beheaded
Television channels offer little info after woman arrested and charged with gruesome crime in Moscow, but details emerge anyway
For 4th day, shaky cease-fire calms Syrian skies
Sprawling Russian airbase comes to a virtual halt, no airstrikes heard in Damascus, but accusations fly over alleged truce violations
Woman reportedly beheads child, threatens Moscow travelers
Russian media say woman killed young girl in apartment, shouted "Allahu Akbar" in streets while waving head at passersby
As patchwork truce hangs on, Syrians see glimmer of hope
Even amid calls for urgent international talks with both sides claiming cease-fire violations, in some areas, people are daring to rebuild
Airstrikes reported on day 2 of Syria "truce"
Cease-fire brokered by Russia and the U.S. had been holding despite accusations by both sides of repeated violations
DOJ takes steps to charge James Comey again
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