The Turkish policeman who murdered the Russian ambassador to Ankara was challenged by security guards when he refused to pass through the metal detector.

Both Turkish and Russian officials labelled the assassination of Andrey Karlov, Moscow's envoy to Turkey, in Ankara as a "terrorist" attack.

A look at the two main players in the killing of a Russian diplomat in Ankara, Turkey.

A top ally of Vladimir Putin claims secret services of a Nato country is "highly likely" to have been behind the assassination of ambassador Andrei Karlov.

Turkish police have detained the sister and mother of the gunman who shot dead the Russian ambassador at an art gallery in the Turkish capital.

Sweden's towns and villages have been ordered to prepare for a possible military attack.

The Russian leader is winning because the post-Cold War order he has railed against has been thrown into chaos.

Donald Trump has attacked his own nation's intelligence agencies amid a growing furore over Russia's influence on his election victory.

Legislators held in their hands a classified letter summing up a secret, new CIA assessment of Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election.

Vladimir Putin is dreaming of ending his career and going travelling in his retirement, he revealed today.

A book has shed light on a Cold War skirmish in the skies, which could have sparked a major diplomatic crisis between the West and USSR.

New Zealand is leading a bid to get UN Security Council members to agree to resumption of a ceasefire in Syria.

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Nato has accused Russia of stoking tensions in Europe with the deployment of anti-ship missiles to its westernmost Baltic region.

Vladimir Putin knows how to send a message. There is far more to Russia's military movements than meets the eye.

Prime Minister John Key is hoping to speak to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Apec summit in Lima today

A Russian presidential plane carrying journalists was chased across Swiss skies by fighter planes amid tensions between Putin and the rest of Europe.

Just a day after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin vowed to fight terrorism together, Russia has unleashed a major offensive against the country.

Russian government officials had contacts with members of Donald Trump's campaign team, a senior Russian diplomat said today

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised everything. But what does he stand for? These are his key policies.

Japanese lawmakers are revisiting a plan to build a $6.7 billion natural gas pipeline from Russia ahead of a visit by President Vladimir Putin.

The US has levelled an extraordinary threat against Russia admitting it has laid the groundwork for a devastating cyber assault against the country.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.

One of Putin's fondest conceits is that the US political system is every bit as corrupt, authoritarian and bent on external aggression as his regime.

Russian submarines have been detected in the Irish Sea as tensions rise between Moscow and Britain over the Kremlin's aggression in Syria and Eastern Europe.

A tiny Russian "exclave" in Europe is now a dangerous flashpoint, as tensions between Russia and the West intensify.

Britain has announced plans to send hundreds more troops close to Russia border in largest deployment since the Cold War

Russia has released the first image of its new nuclear missile, a weapon so powerful that it could wipe out nearly all of the UK or France.

Trump is giving Putin dangerous encouragement and the rest of the world can only hope it will end with the election.

Flaws in the water piping system mean it freezes during winter. To prevent pipes bursting, the water is turned off to most of the cabins.