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Widodo says regrets past rights abuses in Indonesia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over mass human rights violations committed in the country’s past, including a violent anti-communist purge in...

Russia says 11 killed in ‘terrorist’ attack at military site

Russia said two gunmen from an ex-Soviet state on Saturday attacked a military training ground killing 11 people who had volunteered to fight in...

UK spy files reveal new details about key Cold War figures

British intelligence believed the Soviet Union tried to use a London osteopath embroiled in a Cold War sex and spy scandal as an intermediary...

Russians bid farewell to Gorbachev, but without Putin

Russians on Saturday paid their final respects to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in a ceremony held in Moscow without...

Gorbachev, 91: Hailed for role in ending Cold War

Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union and was one of the great figures of...

Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, dies at 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union and was one of the great figures of...

A challenge to global dominance

"These are my thoughts on what is happening." Like it or not, war has its own redeeming purpose. Some say it signaled the revival of...

Some Muscovites say ‘good riddance’ as McDonald’s suspends operations

MOSCOW, Russia—When the Soviet Union’s first McDonald’s opened on January 31, 1990, it drew huge crowds and became a powerful symbol of an isolated...

Russia’s demand to decolonize Europe

"NATO members are only allowed to manufacture and purchase arms for defensive purposes." Not one of the analysts came to conclude that Russia’s demand is...

The dangerous ideology of neoliberalism

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The tragedy in Afghanistan

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In Russia, the legend of cosmonaut Gagarin lives on

Sixty years after he became the first person in space, there are few figures more universally admired in Russia today than Soviet cosmonaut Yuri...

Chinese probe lands on Moon to gather lunar samples

China has successfully landed a probe on the Moon in an ambitious attempt to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades. Beijing has...

Despite new ceasefire, fighting in Karabakh rages on

A new ceasefire agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan to halt fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh was again failing to hold on Monday...

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Widodo says regrets past rights abuses in Indonesia

Russia says 11 killed in ‘terrorist’ attack at military site

UK spy files reveal new details about key Cold War figures

Russians bid farewell to Gorbachev, but without Putin

Gorbachev, 91: Hailed for role in ending Cold War

Mikhail Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, dies at 91

A challenge to global dominance

Some Muscovites say ‘good riddance’ as McDonald’s suspends operations

Russia’s demand to decolonize Europe

The dangerous ideology of neoliberalism

The tragedy in Afghanistan

In Russia, the legend of cosmonaut Gagarin lives on

Chinese probe lands on Moon to gather lunar samples

Despite new ceasefire, fighting in Karabakh rages on

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