Moscow has blasted NATO’s pre-positioning of US military hardware in Poland, saying it is a threat to Russian national security, and an agressive step.

A Russian serial killer known locally as “the werewolf”, already serving a life-sentence for murdering 22 women, admitted to police he murdered 59 others, says the Russian Investigative Committee.

Donald Trump has given his first post-election press conference, an at times lively affair during which Trump claimed he was leading a movement the likes of which the world had never seen.

Russia has reportedly begun a draw down of its military forces in Syria.

A plane carrying 35 Russian diplomats and their families, who have been expelled by order of President Barack Obama, has arrived back in Moscow.

It’s goodbye for now for 35 Russian diplomats and their families who on Thursday (December 29) were given 72 hours to leave the US.

President Putin has said Moscow “will not expel anyone” in response to Washington’s expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats over alleged cyber hacking to interfere with the US election.

Il governo siriano e i ribelli hanno concordato una tregua e l'avvio di colloqui di pace. Ad annunciarlo è stato il presidente russo Vladimir Putin.

Washington - Gli Stati Uniti hanno espulso 35 diplomatici russi e chiuso due edifici di proprietà del governo russo. Fra di loro non c‘è l’ambasciatore a Washington, Sergei Kislyak.

Syria, Russia and Turkey have declared that a ceasefire will come into effect at midnight on Thursday in Syria – but it won’t include Islamic state or a group which once had links to al-Qaida.