Tens of thousands of teen boys and men from the former Soviet Union were herded into Israeli operating rooms beginning in the '90s to undergo circumcisions. Years later, they recall the resulting trauma and pain, and the damage wrought on their sex lives
Libyan and U.S. officials are accusing Russian security contractor Wagner Group of deploying fighters to the war-torn, oil-rich country
Russia's TASS news agency did not report where the drills would be held
Ankara and Washington have been at loggerheads over NATO ally Turkey's purchase of the Russian S-400 system, which Washington says is not compatible with NATO defenses
Last month, the Russian president proposed replacing the crowd-sourced online encyclopaedia with an electronic version of the Great Russian Encyclopaedia - the successor to the Soviet Union's main encyclopaedia
The Aleppo Media Center, an activist collective that covers rebel-held areas in northern Syria also said 10 civilians were killed and dozens were wounded
Washington will step up its forces and expand the war on ISIS with the Kurds, who hope to win a seat at the negotiating table. Meanwhile, Russia’s efforts at ending the conflict have failed and Iran is watching closely
Sudaki Al-Maqt's family members say that the Russian military attaché visited him in jail and told him Israel was willing to free him if he moves to Damascus
Investigative materials released on Haaretz’s request reveal Israeli police’s controversial conduct with Aleksey Burkov, which public defenders say infringed on his rights
Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday accused Syria’s Kurds of failing to abide by a Russia-Turkey deal that halted a Turkish offensive into Syria
Washington, who has suspended Turkey from the F-35 program over the missiles, has also warned of possible sanctions, saying the missiles are not compatible with NATO defenses
At what point would Russia demand Israel cease its hostilities?
'The intensity of Israel's missile and bomb attacks increased sharply,' Foreign Ministry says in a statement accusing Israel of violating Jordanian airspace
A day before Hill's testimony Putin took a victory lap, 'Thank God, no one is accusing us of interfering in the U.S. elections anymore; now they’re accusing Ukraine'
A growing number of immigrants from the former Soviet Union are joining — and leading — Reform congregations in Israel
As impeachment hearings play out in Washington, Ukrainian troops at the front described their hopes and fears in the five-year conflict that has taken 13,000 lives
Pro-government shelling set tents ablaze and hit a maternity hospital, local sources say
Locals say Qirmize Qesebe’s main drag is the wealthiest kilometer in the world and neighboring cities look on enviously
Fed up with ‘humiliating’ treatment at the hands of the Chief Rabbinate, Russian-speaking Israelis are going public with their grievances
Armed Russian military police flies into the Syrian airbase in Aleppo near the border with Turkey
Russian deployment lauded as 'historic moment' by Defense Ministry TV
High Court has turned down Burkov's petition against his extradition, in a step the Russian Embassy said 'did not contribute' to ties between the two countries
Israel's High Court rejected petition against signing of the extradition order for Alexsey Burkov on Sunday
The judges also ruled that there were no exceptional circumstances which require intervening in the decision to extradite Aleksey Burkov
Bushehr's first reactor came online in 2011 with the help of Russia. This new reactor similarly will be built with Russian help
A golden opportunity for Russia is buried under the ice caps, which are now melting
More than 60 medical facilities have been hit in Syria's Idlib province in the past six months, including four this week
Videos circulating online showed the group of protesters trying to mount one of the vehicles and then the men shouting, apparently after the man is run over
A patchwork quilt of governments and organizations are running the show in northern Syria where Turkey has asserted itself against the Kurds, while Russian-backed constitution talks in Geneva are going nowhere fast