BAKU/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with the European Union over human rights and with NATO over security. Now another longstanding European institution is causing anger in the Kremlin and tension between Russia and Azerbaijan: the Eurovision Song Contest. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Glencore Xstrata's <GLEN.L> head of aluminum, Gary Fegel, is set to leave the company, three sources said, the first high-profile departure since commodity trading giant Glencore closed its purchase of miner Xstrata this month. Full story
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next February. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has put forward names of five officials from his administration for internationally-sponsored peace talks with the Syrian opposition, European Union diplomatic sources said on Tuesday. Full story
Secretary of State John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East 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
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
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.
Actor Gerard Depardieu participates in a news conference in Grozny May 21, 2013. According to local media, Depardieu is visiting the Chechen capital for the filming of his new movie "Turquoise". REUTERS/Rasul Yarichev (RUSSIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS HEADSHOT)
A lone picketer is photographed by a security officer as he holds a placard outside the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, in Moscow May 21, 2013. Russian legislators are to discuss on Tuesday on implementing a new law that would make offences against religion punishable by up to five years
A lone picketer holds a placard outside the State Duma, the lower house of Parliament, in Moscow May 21, 2013. Russian legislators are to discuss on Tuesday on implementing a new law that would make offences against religion punishable by up to five years in prison. The placard reads: "Woe to you wh
Signage on a Raiffeisen Bank branch is seen in front of the Foreign Ministry building in Moscow May 19, 2013. Foreign banks that once treated Russia as an undiscovered country where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. Picture taken May 19.
