MOSCOW (AFP) — Two crew members are missing after a Russian defense ministry-owned cargo ship sank in international waters in the Mediterranean following an explosion on board, Moscow said Tuesday, ...

A US -sanctioned Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight after an explosion ripped through the engine room ...

The Russian cargo ship was thought to be heading to Syria to transport military equipment out of the Tartus naval base.

Out of the 16 Russian crew members, 14 had been rescued and taken to the Spanish port of Cartagena and two were missing ...

Ursa Major, built in 2009, sank following an engine room explosion, according to authorities in Moscow. The company operating ...

The transfer marks the end of an era when Russia played an arguably oversized role in determining which countries could ...

Russia sent a ship to evacuate soldiers and equipment from its bases in Syria, but it broke down en route, Ukrainian ...

Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the ...

Concurrently, marine traffic monitors show a Vladivostok-bound cargo ship, Ursa Major, previously registered as Sparta III ...

The security campaign is intended to prevent widespread lawlessness, and bring regime personnel to justice, according to ...

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...

In the villages above the Syrian port city of Tartus they once hailed the sons who died fighting in Bashar al-Assad's service ...