Outi Saarinen, manager of Finland Women, says she is ‘very sorry’ for accidentally naming a 51-year-old retired football player in her squad. Saarinen made the blunder ahead of Finland’s 1-1 Women’s ...

Rights groups have documented widespread abuses under Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian president of the Russian republic of ...

It was in judo class at the age of 12 that Putin met one of his lifelong friends: Arkady Rotenberg. The pair remained close, and in the cloak-and-dagger world of Russian politics, it would be old ...

Under the leadership of Ramzan Kadyrov, the predominantly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya has maintained a high degree of autonomy while remaining loyal to the Kremlin and Russian ...

A bizarre mistake grabbed the headlines after the final whistle, with Saarinen the party at fault. When naming the line-up, ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24.​ In a heartfelt initiative led by local residents, a memorial site is being established in ...

In a stunning turnaround, FC Krasnodar claimed the 2024–25 Russian Premier League title on Saturday with Nigerian forward, ...

The investigation into the recent incident involving an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft in Aktau, Kazakhstan, has ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23. The investigation into the crash of the AZAL airplane near Aktau is at the stage of studying collected materials, the Minister of Transport of Kazakhstan, Marat Karabayev, ...

According to various estimates, at least 200,000 Chechens now live in European countries, and from Belgium to Norway, passing ...

A video posted to social media channels shows a massive queue of passengers outside one of the capital's airports.