Putin has spoken on the Trump dossier, saying the president elect spends time with beauty queens, not Russian prostitutes of "lower social responsibility".

Vladimir Putin has come out swinging against the outgoing US administration over the explosive Donald Trump dossier.

In an attempt to take a selfie atop Europe's tallest building, a teenager slipped and fell 86 storeys.

"We perceive it as a threat. These actions threaten our interests, our security," says Russia as the first of thousands more US troops and tanks rolled in to Poland.

President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser and Russia's ambassador to the US have been in frequent contact in recent weeks.

First "The Werewolf" was known as a vicious serial rapist and murder. But that was just the start of his evil story.

All around the world, politicians in the mould of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are rising. They all pose the same "profound threat".

The Russians have a variety of ways of obtaining information.

Sworn Donald Trump enemy John McCain has admitted that he passed the dossier of claims of a Russian blackmail plot against the president-elect.

Where does transparency meet irresponsibility? Right at the line that BuzzFeed's editor Ben Smith approached on Wednesday and decided to step over in the name of serving citizens' best interests.

He's raised eyebrows in China with comments on trade, Taiwan and North Korea. But Donald Trump will have much bigger issues than Beijing.

Trump has said it would be "stupid" for the US not to develop a close relationship with Russia, despite claims it tried to influence his election victory.

A week of explosive tweets from the American President-Elect have stoked anxiety, moved markets and altered plans.

A young Russian woman has been placed on a sanction list by the White House for supposedly helping Vladimir Putin to interfere in the US election.

Intelligence officials were confident that Russia was the culprit behind the hacking and disinformation regarding the US election.

President-elect Donald Trump has met with intelligence chiefs and vowed a response to election campaign hacking after openly deriding the agencies.

President-elect Donald Trump voiced new doubts that Russian hackers attempted to influence the country's presidential election on his behalf.

A fragile ceasefire in Syria is hanging in the balance after fresh clashes between government forces and rebel fighters near the capital.

Russia will not expel US diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to the White House's decision to send home Russian officials suspected of spying.

The Kremlin has issued a stark warning to the United States, saying it would respond in kind to the US expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and other sanctions.

The Obama administration announced new measures to punish Russia for 2016 election interference including removal of 35 Russian government officials.

A truce aimed at ending the bloody five-year war in Syria has been announced. But what does it mean?

'It was an institutional conspiracy,' officials said of the World Anti-Doping Agency's report that over 1000 Russian athletes were involved in a plot that ran until last year.

A package that would include sanctions and covert action is being finalized.

A bear wearing a ridiculous costume attacked a young woman who was ironically filming a TV show about the dangers of wild animals.

Here are five unlikely black swan events that might catch everyone unawares in the coming year.

A black box has been found in the wreckage of a Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday.

Stranded on a train track for 2 days, this terrified dog faced certain death. But thanks to her loving companion, Lucy survived the horrifying ordeal.

Russians agonise over how to remember the 1917 revolutions.