WASHINGTON - The US acceded to Pakistan's demand, supported by China, to "set aside" its concerns over Islamabad's secretive nuclear weapons programme in the immediate aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, according to the latest documents declassified from the era. The documents, ...

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin is bringing back the glory of USSR to today's Russia. He has created a new directorate inside the Russian army to promote patriotism, evoking memories of a Soviet practice that once saw soldiers taught the precepts of Marxism and Leninism by political commissars. The ...

NEW DELHI - Five decades after the sudden death of the Indian PM Lal Bahadur Shastri in former USSR, speculations have been raised that he might have been mysteriously killed by Indian military establishment for signing Indo Pak war pact. The Central Information Commission has directed the Prime ...

The size of the military force that Russia has in Syria is likely to be reduced, the chief of the general staff of the armed forces said on Thursday.Russia’s military support of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, notably through air strikes, has been crucial in defeating Islamic State and Syrian ...

MOSCOW: (APP) Putin's Russia refers to the comeback of USSR into the international arena under 16 years of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Here are some of the most important facts about Russia.Russia is by far the biggest country on Earth, nearly twice as big by area as its nearest rival, ...

MOSCOW: (APP) President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday slammed NATO for ratcheting up its rhetoric and its "aggressive actions" close to Russia's border, warning it was forcing Moscow to increase its military capacity."NATO is stepping up its aggressive rhetoric and its aggressive actions close to our ...