A Russian court Thursday sentenced Nikita Belykh, the former governor of a Russian region, to eight years in prison after he was convicted of taking bribes from a businessman, Russian media reported. Belykh, who denied the charges, was governor of the Kirov region north-east of...

The interception of a U.S. surveillance plane by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet over the Black Sea this week posed no danger to the U.S. aircraft, Russia's defense ministry was cited as saying on Thursday by the TASS news agency. The defense ministry also proposed Washington halt...

Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday that profit after taxation almost tripled to just under $13 billion in 2017, energized by rising oil and gas prices. Net or bottom-line earnings for the full year compared with a figure of $4.6 billion in 2016, the Anglo-Dutch energy giant revealed...

Russia's main intelligence agency says it has killed a suspected member of Daesh (ISIS) who it says was plotting an attack on the country's presidential election day next month. The FSB said in a statement Thursday that the man resisted and was killed by security forces in the...