Russia
Chinese icebreaker stuck after helping in Antarctic rescue
SYDNEY - A Chinese icebreaker that helped rescue 52 passengers from a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic ice found itself stuck in heavy ice on Friday, further complicating the 9-day "roller-coaster" rescue operation. | Video
Helicopter to free ship passengers trapped in Antarctic ice
SYDNEY - A helicopter from a Chinese icebreaker is set to lift passengers from a Russian ship stranded in Antarctic since Christmas Eve, putting an end to a nine-day international rescue cooperation.
Russia's Putin meets Volgograd bombing victims
VOLGOGRAD, Russia - President Vladimir Putin met wounded victims of deadly suicide bombings in the southern Russian city of Volgograd on Wednesday, heaping condemnation on the attacks that raised security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics. | Video
Ethnic Russian recruits to insurgency pose new threat before Olympics
MOSCOW - The suspected involvement of converts to Islam in Russian suicide bombings points to the growing reach of jihadists far beyond the Muslim provinces of Chechnya and Dagestan, where insurgency and separatism have simmered for two decades.
Trapped ship passengers can't go overboard with New Year celebration
SYDNEY - Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them. | Video
Putin vows to annihilate "terrorists" after suicide bombings
VOLGOGRAD, Russia - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to annihilate all "terrorists" following two deadly bomb attacks in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that raised security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics. | Video
Trapped ship passengers can't go overboard with New Year celebration
SYDNEY - Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them. | Video
Second suicide bomber in Russia's Volgograd kills 14 on bus
VOLGOGRAD, Russia - A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympics. | Video
Second suicide bomber in Russia's Volgograd kills 14 on bus
VOLGOGRAD, Russia - A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympics. | Video
U.S. concerned about threats to Sochi Olympics, offers help
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is concerned Islamist militants may be preparing attacks aimed at disrupting the Winter Olympic games in Sochi in February and is offering closer cooperation on security with Russia despite strains earlier this year.
South Sudan talks start slowly as U.S. pulls out more staff
JUBA/ADDIS ABABA - South Sudan's government and rebels finally began talks to end weeks of bloodletting on Friday after days of delay as the United States ordered out more of its embassy staff.
Criminal complaint against Silk Road’s owner
The criminal complaint against Ross William Ulbricht, known as "Dread Pirate Roberts."
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