History In Minutes: When Europe Invaded Russia

Syed Firdaus Ashraf marches through time to trace the bitter history between Russia and its West European neighbours. IMAGE: Red Army troops race across a field to attack on the Southern Front,......

Russian plane with 224 on board crashes in Egypt, ISIS claims responsibility

Egypt's Prime Minister Sherif Ismail looks at the remains of a plane crash at the desert in central Sinai near El Arish city, north Egypt. Photograph: Stringer All the 224 people, including seven......

Putin moves tactical nuclear warheads to Belarus-Ukraine border

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that Moscow has sent its first batch of nuclear weapons to Belarus, The Hill reported. IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal......

Putin to back expanding G8 to include India

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would back expanding G-8 to include India, China and Brazil if other members of the elite club of the world's most industrialised nations voice such a......

St Petersburg Open: Bopanna-Shapovalov bow out

IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov lost to the due of Hugo Nysa-Andrey Golubev. Photograph: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images for Sport Singapore The duo of Rohan Bopanna and Denis......

Safin out of St Petersburg Open

Australian Open champion Marat Safin has pulled out of this month's St Petersburg Open and is doubtful for the Paris Masters.The world number four said on his official website on Sunday he has yet......

St. Petersburg Open: Bopanna-Mirnyi in semis

Rohan Bopanna and his Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi overcame a second-set lapse to advance to the semifinals of$1,049,000 St Petersburg Open. The unseeded pair of Bopanna and Mirnyi tamed the......

Bopanna-Qureshi advance in St Petersburg Open

Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi progressed to the quarter-finals of the St Petersburg Open after a hard-earned win over Sergiy Stakhovsky and Mikhail Youzhny. The 'Indo-Pak......

Safin knocked out of St Petersburg Open

Qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky sent Marat Safin to the brink of retirement when he beat the former World No 1 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the St Petersburg Open semi-finals on Saturday. Safin, playing in his......