FM Lavrov reveals representative recently traveled to Kabul for talks with Afghanistan's hardline Islamic leaders, slams US over its hasty withdrawal

24 others hurt; student gunman wounded while being detained

Critics claim fraud in 'sham' vote, after tech giants said threatened by authorities into removing candidate lists pushed by backers of jailed opposition chief Navalny

Kremlin stresses Russian president is 'absolutely healthy' and has tested negative for the virus

Small demonstration is organized by opposition candidates in upcoming parliamentary election, following designation of some outlets as 'foreign agents'

Kremlin maintained contacts with the insurgent group, even though it considers it a terror group; Russian FM says Moscow 'in no rush' to recognize Taliban as new rulers

Defense minister says fighter jets buzzed Beirut, panicking locals; civilian jets forced to briefly divert, official says

Ali Shamkhani writes about meeting with Moscow counterpart in Hebrew, day after Nikolai Patrushev met with outgoing and incoming Israel national security advisers

David S. suspected of sending documents to Russian intelligence; security specialist: 'A reminder of how much effort Russians put into trying to find out what West is up to'

Hundreds of accounts on platform and on Instagram traced back to Fazze, a marketing company working for an unknown client; one post claimed shots turn one into a chimpanzee