Facebook said it has purged more than 800 US pages and accounts for spamming users with politically-tinged garbage links and clickbait just weeks ahead of the US midterm elections.

Purged more than 800 US pages, spam accounts ahead of US midterm elections: Facebook

Russia has launched a criminal probe to investigate the cause of failed rocket launch Soyuz on Thursday. The launch had a problem with the booster (rocket) a few seconds after the first stage separation, the voice-over on a NASA live stream from mission control in Houston said.

Russia launches criminal probe over failed rocket launch

The two-man crew of a Soyuz rocket are alive after they were forced to make an emergency landing Thursday following lift-off to the International Space Station, the Russian space agency said.

Watch: Russian Soyuz rocket makes emergency landing in Kazakhstan after lift-off to ISS

As the world celebrated the UN-designated International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on September 26, there were still some 16,000 nuclear weapons in the world, largely in the hands of the US and the Russian Federation, some on ready alert”.

US and Russian nuclear weapons continue to roam free

Donald Trump said Monday he does not plan to fire the deputy attorney general in charge of an explosive probe into alleged collusion between the president and the Kremlin.

No plans to fire embattled Russia probe official Rosenstein: Trump

Moscow on Monday said that documents presented by the Netherlands last week alleging that Russian agents attempted to hack into the global chemical watchdog organisation were not proof of Moscow's involvement.

Netherlands has no proof of alleged Russian hacking plot: Dmitry Peskov

The Russian Army is "very keen" on associating with the Indian Army, said Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday while stressing on the independence of Indian policymaking.

Russia keen to associate with Indian Army: General Rawat

Backing from senators puts Trump nominee Brett Kavanaugh on track for US Supreme Court President Donald Trump's nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looked headed for a lifetime job on the US Supreme Court on Friday after two crucial senators said that sexual misconduct accusations against the judge would not prevent them from voting to confirm him.

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Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin said on Saturday that he believed that Moscow and London would be able to restore friendly relations despite the recent major deterioration in bilateral relations.

All wars end with peace: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service head on Russia, UK relations

Russia on Thursday rejected the charges levied by Dutch intelligence which claimed that it foiled a Russian cyber-attack at targeting the world's chemical weapons watchdog in The Netherlands.

Russia rejects Dutch cyber-attack claims as anti-Moscow 'propaganda'

The trade between Russia and India may reach $30 billion by 2025, while the investment volume may reach $50 billion, Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin said on Friday.

Russia-India trade may reach $30 billion by 2025: Russian Economic Development Minister

US defense secretary James Mattis warned that Washington would respond if Russia refused to end its "blatant violation" of a Cold War nuclear arms treaty. Also Read: America's THAAD vs Russia's S-400 missile defence system Mattis said the Kremlin was treating the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with "cavalier disregard" over a new Russian ground-launched missile system.

Russia must comply with Nuclear Forces Treaty or we will respond, warns US

S-400 sytem has an estimated range of 400 kilometres with an altitude of 30 kilometres. It also has the capability to intercept the intermediate-range ballistic missile, not just that the Tiumph system can target aircrafts, UAVs, cruise missiles with equal ease engaging 300 targets at a time.

Star Wars: America's THAAD vs Russia's S-400 missile defence system

US says International Court of Justice is 'politicised and ineffective' The United States is taking steps to avoid exposure to binding decisions by the International Court of Justice, the US national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday as he accused the UN court of being "politicised and ineffective.

Russia and Saudi Arabia struck a private deal in September to raise oil output to cool rising prices and informed the United States before a meeting in Algiers with other producers, four sources familiar with the plan said.

Saudi Arabia, Russia agreed in September to lift oil output: US

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Thursday accused Russian military intelligence of conducting a campaign of "indiscriminate and reckless" online attacks targeting political institutions, businesses, media and sport bodies around the world.

UK accuses Russia of global cyber attacks campaign

Britain accused Russian military intelligence on Thursday of directing a host of cyber attacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from sport to transport and the 2016 US presidential election.

Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber attacks

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday, the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) said.

5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula

Russian President Vladimir Putin headed for India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely irking the US, China and Pakistan in one fell swoop.

US, Chinese unease as Russian President Putin seeks India arms deals

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it would be better if US President Donald Trump did not intervene to try to manage oil markets. Putin said at the Russian Energy Week forum that the price has risen because of the US sanctions against one of the top OPEC producers, Iran.

Better if Trump didn't intervene in oil markets: Putin

India and Russia will hold a joint military exercise from November 18 to 28 in Uttar Pradesh, Russian authorities said Wednesday, ahead of President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi.

Russia, India joint military drill to be held in Uttar Pradesh

Russia has delivered an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, it said on Tuesday, in defiance of Israeli and US concerns that the arms sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war.

Russia completes delivery of S-300 system to Syria

A key rebel alliance in Syria's Idlib has said it was opposed to the deployment of Russian forces in a demilitarised zone to be set up under a Turkey-Russia deal for the opposition bastion.

Syria rebels reject Russia presence in planned buffer zone

A formerly US-backed Syrian rebel group on Saturday rejected a deal between Russia and Turkey to avert a large-scale military assault on rebel-held Idlib province.

Syria rebel faction rejects Idlib deal

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