FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...

Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a ...

The Department of Special Tasks has brought together veterans of the Kremlin’s most daring clandestine operations to carry ...

Russian forces have taken control of two frontline settlements in eastern Donetsk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said ...

The much-anticipated Munich Security Conference (MSC) kicked off on February 14 amid swirling snowfall and intense speculation about whether it will lead to a diplomatic breakthrough that can chart a ...

Navalny battled for an alternative to Putin’s regime – and paid the ultimate price. The Kremlin has made sure there cannot be ...

Ukraine's leader says a Russian strike on Kyiv shows Putin is "not preparing for peace," as the Kremlin rules out swapping occupied territory for a peace deal.

US envoy went to Moscow and secured the release of detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says.

Lawmakers noted the ability for American rivals Russia and China to veto resolutions in the most powerful U.N. body, the Security Council, notably Moscow's blocking of any condemnation of its ...

The UK government has revoked the accreditation of a Russian diplomat in a retaliatory move following Moscow's expulsion of a ...

Ed Miliband will finally break his silence today following a major bust up with Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer over the ...