MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in one of the bloodiest attacks this year in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency. Full story
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The head of the Council of Europe told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday he was concerned a law requiring non-governmental organizations which received funding from abroad to register as foreign agents could have a "chilling effect". Full story
Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. Full story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rosneft <ROSN.MM>, the state-owned Russian crude producer which earlier this year bought TNK-BP, announced several senior management appointments on Monday after former TNK-BP executives decided to leave positions they had been offered. Full story
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday it is crucial for Syrian opposition envoys to engage in peace talks without setting preconditions, apparently referring to demands for President Bashar al-Assad's removal. Full story
A pair of explosions went off outside a court building in Dagestan, Russia killing at least two people. NBCNews.com’s Matt Rivera reports.
Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the upcoming book “The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East,” and MSNBC Contributor Rula Jebreal talk with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin about the ongoing conflict in Syria and Secretary o
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the Middle East this week to meet with leaders in the area. It is expected that Syria will be a major point of discussion. Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institute and journalist Rula Jebreal join MSNBC with more.
Video captures sparks flying as a plane makes an emergency belly-landing at Newark's Liberty International Airport. Meanwhile, half way around the world in Russia, passengers of another plane nad to make an emergency evacuation after the landing gear caught fire.
The Cold War may have ended but, evidently, the spying did not. Peter Earnest, executive director of the International Spy Museum and former CIA agent, speaks with MSNBC’s Alex Witt about the American allegedly arrested by Russian authorities.
Rachel Maddow highlights the curious details in the videotaped arrest of an accused CIA spy by Russia's FSB and points out the coincidental timing of the arrest to Russian events with high profile Americans.
Orthodox believers follow clergy carrying religious icons and crosses during a procession in the hills above the mining town of Karabash in Russia's Ural mountain region May 19, 2013. Locals walked some 22 km (13.7 miles) as part of an annual tradition, stopping to pray at various sites near the tow
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Thorbjoern Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, for a meeting, at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Misha Japaridze/Pool (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks with Thorbjoern Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, for a meeting, at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Misha Japaridze/Pool (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin welcomes Thorbjoern Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, for a meeting, at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Misha Japaridze/Pool (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS)
