- NewsKayla Jardine
Yahoo News explains: How America keeps global powers in check
We’ve heard a lot about the U.S. imposing sanctions on foreign powers lately. America has threatened to hit countries from Saudi Arabia to Russia and China with tough penalties for human rights violations. The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, named after a Russian lawyer who died in prison after he uncovered a massive corruption scandal in Russia’s government, was enacted in 2012 by then-President Barack Obama. The act mandated that the U.S. government could freeze the assets and restrict the travel of anyone who committed gross human rights violations in Russia.
- NewsAndy Wells
Watch: Astronauts make emergency landing after escaping malfunctioning rocket
The booster rocket suffered a failure minutes after launch.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Website to reveal how it unmasked second suspect in Salisbury poisoning as Russian military doctor
The Bellingcat website has identified the second suspect as Dr Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin, employed by Russia's GRU intelligence agency.
- NewsAndy Wells
Bad Rabbit and Fancy Bear: UK blames Russian spies for series of ‘reckless’ global cyber attacks
The move will further strain relations between Britain and Russia.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Russia admits one of its military planes was shot down by Syrian government missiles
An unnamed US official said it believes the aircraft was accidentally shot down by Russia's ally, Syria.
NewsEllen ManningRussians accused of Salisbury nerve agent attack have 'disappeared' and their mobile phones no longer work
Claims by Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov that they were in Salisbury as tourists have been greeted by a range of mocking responses on Twitter.
- NewsAndy Wells
Here's why the 'Salisbury assassins' explanation is more than a little suspicious
Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov said they visited the city in Wiltshire to see Stonehenge and Old Sarum.
NewsYahoo News StaffYahoo News explains: Russia’s the focus in diplomat attacks, but the cause remains a mystery
This week it was reported that U.S. intelligence agencies suspect Russia is behind mysterious attacks on diplomatic personnel in Cuba and China. The attacks seem to have begun in November 2016, when U.S. diplomats and their families in Havana began suffering from symptoms that included dizziness, cognitive difficulties and problems with balance, hearing and vision. Half of the diplomatic personnel in Havana were sent home as a precaution.
- NewsAndy Wells
Putin says Russia HAVE identified Salisbury hitmen... but insists they're 'nothing criminal'
Putin escalated the war of words by denying the men were members of military intelligence.
- NewsAndy Wells
Russia and China launch biggest war games in decades in veiled threat to the West
Nearly 300,000 Russian troops took part in the Vostok (East) 2018 manoeuvres.
- NewsAndy Wells
Vladimir Putin denies any responsibility for Salisbury nerve agent attack
Security Minister Ben Wallace said Putin had a strong grip over his state.
NewsChris ParsonsTwo Salisbury Novichock attack suspects are Russian spies, Theresa May says
Police said it is likely the suspects, both aged around 40, were travelling under aliases.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Russia has invited Chinese troops to its largest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union
More than 155,000 troops are expected at Russia's display of military strength.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Mother, 49, ‘hacked teenage daughter to death with an axe as she slept because she was too argumentative’
Tatiana Degirmendzhy, 49, is accused of murdering her daughter, Yulia, 18, in Chaykovsky, Russia.
- NewsDavid Harding
Bear-y cute! Russian photographer captures wild animals as they search for salmon dinner
Ready for their close-up. Russian photographer captures cute close-up images of bears hunting for their dinner.
- NewsAndy Wells
Britain welcomes United States sanctions on Russia over Salisbury nerve agent attack
Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were attacked with Novichok in the Wiltshire town in March.
- NewsMatilda Long
UK government set to ask Russia to extradite Salisbury nerve agent attack suspects
The request is almost certain to be rejected out of hand by the Russian authorities.
NewsKate MurphyYahoo News explains: Is collusion a crime?
“No collusion” — it’s a defense President Trump has used against allegations that his campaign worked with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. Trump echoed his lawyer’s argument on Twitter. Collusion is not a crime, but that doesn’t matter because there was No Collusion (except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats)!
- NewsMatilda Long
Revealed: The UK government hasn't spoken to Russia about the murder of Dawn Sturgess
The UK Government has failed to contact Russia about the murder of a British woman who was poisoned on UK soil with the deadly Novichok nerve agent more than four weeks ago. Dawn Sturgess died on 8 July eight days after she and her partner, Charlie Rowley, were exposed to Novichok in Amesbury, Wiltshire.
- NewsAndy Wells
Security minister dismisses 'wild speculation' that suspects behind Sergei Skripal novichok poisoning have been identified
Officers think several Russians were involved in the attempted murder of the former double agent.
- NewsAndy Wells
‘I misspoke’: Donald Trump backtracks siding with Russia over US intelligence agencies amid mounting anger
The President said he mis-spoke when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 election.
- NewsAndy Wells
The odds of Donald Trump being impeached have shot up after he criticised US intelligence agencies
Donald Trump seemed to accept Vladimir Putin’s insistence that Moscow's hands were clean.
- NewsEllen Manning
Young footballers trapped in Thailand cave 'are invited to World Cup Final' by FIFA
FIFA has sent a letter to the president of the Football Association of Thailand inviting 12 footballers and their coach trapped in a flooded cave to the World Cup Final.
- NewsEllen Manning
Russian MP claims Britain STAGED Amesbury poisoning 'to ruin World Cup'
Russian politican Sergei Zheleznyak said the apparent poisoning of Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley in Amesbury was being used to stoke 'anti-Russian hysteria'.
- NewsAndy Wells
Wiltshire poisoning: UK in danger of being 'dumping ground for poison'
The pair, named locally as mother Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, were taken ill on Saturday in Amesbury.
