The citizens photographed by Boris Mikhailov in the last days of the Soviet Union evoke laughter and sympathy in a show at ...

With construction starting in 1981, tens of thousands of workers spent years building the world's longest single rail system ...

One advocacy group says more than 30 American hostages and wrongful detainees are being held in other countries.

Here are the US citizens are still in custody in Russia after last year’s massive prisoner swap and subsequent releases ...

American Marc Fogel is back on US soil Wednesday after being released from a Russian prison, in what US President Donald ...

Russia has freed Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher and former employee of the US Embassy in Moscow, who had been serving ...

Moscow said on Friday that its forces had seized a handful of settlements in Donetsk since the start of the month.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Friday that Ukrainian troops had repelled 71 attacks by the Russian army toward Pokrovsk over the previous 24 hours, meaning that almost half of Russia’s attacks ...

The Ukraine military has added a powerful unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to its arsenal. It's capable of flying up to 2,000 km, carrying a 250-kg bomb, and returning to base.

Iowa was quick to honor its superstar, but as the women's game grows in popularity, school's have varying standards for jersey retirements.

Fighting in Donetsk has intensified as Russia tries to claim key eastern city. Credit: AP Fighting has intensified between Russia and Ukraine as the Kremlin claimed its forces are closing in on a ...

While Ukraine is stubbornly defending the city, its encirclement or fall could put Russia in a strong position to mount attacks in several directions in the east and increase pressure on Kyiv at a ...