A delegation of Russian officials has arrived in Damascus on the first such visit since Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad was toppled by opposition fighters. Al-Assad, a close ally of ...

marking the first official visit to Syria by Russian officials since the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad in December. Al-Assad, a long-time ally of Moscow, fled to Russia following a ...

Russian drone strikes have damaged a thermal power plant in Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine overnight, leaving 46,000 consumers without heating as temperatures plunge below freezing, Ukrainian Prime ...

Milk thistle has been used for its purported medicinal properties for thousands of years, but its supplement form didn't explode until recently. Milk thistle supplement sales in the U.S. reached $ ...

The director of the customs department at the Tartous governorate in western Syria, Riyad Judi, confirmed to the Syrian al-Watan newspaper on Monday that the agreement signed with the Russian company ...

British Defense Secretary John Healey told Parliament on Wednesday the Royal Navy was tracking a "Russian spy ship" that passed through U.K. waters, warning Russia's President Vladimir Putin ...

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