In the late Cold War, the Soviet Union explored a bold new idea: a lighter, more deployable version of its powerful Motor Rifle Divisions. Tested in 1987 in the Kiev Military District, the Light Motor ...

Set in the Soviet Union in 1937, this investigative drama follows one man’s mission for justice within a corrupt system.

Semyon Gluzman, who has died aged 79, was the first Soviet psychiatrist to blow the whistle on the Soviet Union’s abuse of psychiatry – for which he spent seven years in the gulag.

In November 1955, the Soviet Union carried out the world’s first successful air-dropped test of a true two-stage hydrogen bomb, but the mission came dangerously close to disaster before it ever became ...

Today’s open hostility between Azerbaijan and Iran is the latest development in their complex relationship. Iran has long ...

Cuba's regime faces unprecedented economic pressure from Donald Trump's administration, forcing talks on liberalisation as ...

Decades before the U.S.- Israel war in Iran began, Iran was considered one of the United States' most important allies in the Middle East.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 250 prisoners on Thursday - ​the biggest batch to be released so far - in ...

Voters swept aside the two main communist parties that had shaped Nepali politics for years, reducing them to minor players in parliament.

As the Middle East conflict enters its 20th day, Iran shows no signs of backing down amid US pressure. Reports suggest ...

Peace talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine on ending the Ukraine war, the deadliest European conflict since World War Two, are on pause amid the Iran war, the Izvestia newspaper ...