In a labyrinth of tunnels running beneath 4,000-metre peaks, Tajik miners are scrabbling to secure antimony, one of the metals at the centr...

Launched in 1972, the Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482, intended for Venus, is unexpectedly returning to Earth after a failed mission. After 53...

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have successfully synchronized their electricity systems to the European continental power grid, severing en...

The Ocean Shield-2023 exercises will involve forces practising how to "protect sea lanes, transport troops and military cargo, as well as d...

Ukraine has begun nuclear disaster response drills near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. The exercises aim to coord...

Russia's Pacific Fleet went on high alert on Friday for snap drills with missile launches in a massive show of force amid the tensions with...

There is a very real military history between South Africa and Russia in that the Soviet Union played a significant role in the struggle ag...

The missiles fly at nine times the speed of sound, with a range of more than 1,000 km (620 miles), Russia says. They form the centrepiece o...

Pyongyang has long condemned joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington, calling them rehearsals for an invasion -- but it has appear...

In Russia's Primorsky region, over 50,000 troops and 5,000 pieces of military equipment are taking part in a week-long military event orche...

The drills in Belarus which had been due to conclude Sunday have exacerbated tension between Moscow and Western capitals over a feared Russ...

His comments came after another round of inconclusive talks in Qatar over the weekend between the Afghan government and the Taliban that ma...

Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have capitalised on the last stages of the withdrawal of foreign troops to launch offensives, capturing a...

The lander first drilled a 2-meter-deep hole, digging out soil, and sealed it up at 4:53 a.m. on Wednesday. Next, it will use its robotic a...

The lander was launched Nov. 24 from the tropical southern island of Hainan. It is the latest venture by a Chinese space program that sent ...

A formal agreement will be signed next month. In return for the investment, Russian firms will be awarded the contract to build the pipelin...

But despite the changing nature of the times, nuclear weapons continue to play a central role in Russian military strategy.