Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday Moscow wanted to restore a full-scale dialogue with the United States about the landmark Cold War-era missile treaty, Russian news agencies reported.

Russia wants dialogue with US on missile treaty: Putin

Russia said on Saturday that Austria's "unfounded accusations" in a spy scandal were unacceptable while Vienna expressed hope the affair would not hurt bilateral ties.

Russia slams Austria for 'unfounded accusations' in spy row

Jordan said on Thursday it was in talks with Washington and Moscow to empty a desert camp used by 50,000 displaced Syrians, a move aimed at defusing security tensions near a potential military flashpoint on its northeast border with Syria.

Jordan says in talks with US and Russia to dismantle Syria camp

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday accused France of ignoring UN resolutions and illegitimately holding the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte. Situated between Madagascar and Mozambique, Mayotte is the only island in the Comoros archipelago which did not split from France after an independence referendum in 1974.

France 'illegitimately' holding Indian Ocean island: Russia

President Donald Trump said on Friday he had not discussed the probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election with Matt Whitaker before appointing him as acting attorney general, and it was up to Whitaker whether he wanted to be involved with the investigation.

Trump says he did not discuss Russia probe with acting attorney general

Austria has a launched a probe into a colonel suspected of spying for Russia for several decades, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Friday, the latest in a string of cases where Moscow has been accused of espionage in EU states.

Austria accuses colonel of spying for Russia for decades

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he is not scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin during his Paris visit this weekend, news agency AFP reported.

Trump says no meeting with Putin set during Paris visit, hopes to meet North Korea's Kim 'early next year'

Moscow hopes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit the country next year, Russian President Vladimir Putin's advisor said on Wednesday. "I hope this visit will be possible next year," Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said, Russian news agencies reported.

Hope Kim Jong-un will visit Russia next year: Putin's advisor

US law enforcement and intelligence agencies said on the eve of crucial US midterm voting they had no indication of efforts to disrupt election infrastructure, but that Americans should be wary of Russian attempts to spread fake news.

Before midterms, US warns voters to be wary of Russian fake news

The whirring of a low-flying Soviet Union-era war plane signalled Russia's uninvited arrival to NATO's biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War. Marines on board USS Mount Whitney off the Norwegian coast, had gathered for a group photo on deck when the Tupolev TU-142 soared overhead.

Russia turns up uninvited to major NATO war games

Several users' details have been compromised after hackers gained access to their private messages, the BBC reported. Most of the users are based in Ukraine and Russia but some were also from the UK, US, Brazil and elsewhere, the report said on Friday.

Hackers gain access to 120 miilion Facebook users' private messages: Report

Russia on Saturday said it will host international talks on Afghanistan on November 9, with representatives of both the Afghan government and the Taliban, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Russia to host international talks on Afghanistan 

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked the FBI to look into claims that women were offered money to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Mueller, who leads the probe into Russia's attempts to influence the US election in 2016.

Robert Mueller's team asks FBI to probe 'false claims' against him

WION Dispatch: 3 wounded in suspected terror attack at Russia security agency office

The leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Turkey stressed the importance on Saturday of a lasting ceasefire in Syria, and said a committee to create a new constitution should meet by the end of the year.

Russia, Germany, France and Turkey call for lasting ceasefire, constitutional meeting for Syria

Russia's state security agency is opposing a high-level deal for the US. OneWeb satellite startup to bring Internet access to remote parts of the country because it says the project could be used to gather intelligence and damage national security.

Russia opposes US OneWeb satellite service, cites security concerns

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia would be forced to respond in kind if the United States began developing new missiles after quitting a landmark Cold War-era treaty.

We'll respond in kind if US develops intermediate missiles: Russia

President Donald Trump said Washington will exit the Cold-War era treaty that eliminated a class of nuclear weapons due to Russian violations, triggering a warning of retaliatory measures from Moscow.

After Trump pulls out of nuclear treaty, Russia says it will retaliate

Russia and Uzbekistan on Friday hailed the construction of an $11 billion nuclear power plant that should help solve an energy deficit in the Central Asian country while binding it tighter to Moscow politically.

Russia, Uzbekistan hail $11 billion nuclear plant project during Putin visit

French, German, Turkish and Russian leaders are set to meet in Istanbul on October 27 to discuss the ongoing Syrian crisis and figure out ways to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in the country's Idlib region, the French presidency said on Friday.

Istanbul summit: France will ensure Idlib ceasefire remains, Russia to discuss return of Syrian refugees

By KM Mishra The Indian army will be in the busiest period of its military diplomacy in the coming two months as it is set to undertake joint military exercise with the forces of America, Russia, China and Japan.

India to hold joint military exercise with US, Russia, China and Japan

By Mustafa Demir Turkey, Russia and Iran have actively involved themselves in the Syrian conflict, each with their own divergent interests. Moscow and Tehran have put their support behind the regime of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, hoping it retains its influence over the strategic Syrian region.

Putin is using Syria conflict to turn Turkey into Moscow’s proxy

Twitter has published an archive of 10 million tweets and media it says are from accounts it believes are potentially the product of Russian and Iranian state-backed information operations on the microblogging site.

Twitter makes public Russia, Iran meddling tweet trove

Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen pulled off a world-class save as his side held Russia to a 0-0 draw in their Nations League B, Group 2 clash in Kaliningrad on Thursday.

Olsen's super save helps Sweden hold Russia to 0-0 draw

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