As more is learned about the background of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged suspect in the Boston bombings who is now the subject of an unprecedented manhunt, the teenager’s ethnic Chechen heritage has ...

Russia’s invasion of Chechnya was marked by intense violence and lasting devastation. Reports detail military strategies, ...

For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the region as a loyal vassal of Vladimir Putin. It evokes images of a turbulent ...

Chechen rebels defied tighter Russian security in the breakaway republic, killing 19 soldiers in hit-and-run attacks, a Chechen government official said Monday. Sixteen of the soldiers were killed in ...

* Islam flourishing in Russia's Chechnya * Chechen leader drives Muslim revival * Chechnya encourages customs that breach Russian law By Amie Ferris-Rotman GROZNY, Russia, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Adam, 52, ...

First-time writer-director Malika Musaeva is set to make history at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, where her female-centered coming-of-age drama “The Cage is Looking for a Bird” is ...

A short feature documentary, that tells the complex history of the mustache in Chechnya. I hope this movie doesn't cause me to get my head cut off, that wouldn't be cool at all.

GENEVA, Aug. 7 (UNHCR) - The number of civilians leaving Chechnya increased in recent days because of fears of renewed clashes between Russian troops and Chechen fighters, UNHCR monitors reported ...

Chechnya has banned women's clothing with "masculine elements," citing tradition, but critics argue it is about control. The ban follows hot on the heels of another recent restriction banning women ...

The evil and barbaric slaughter of Russian school children has left the world in a state of depressed shock. Bush has played it as more of those terrorist “evil doers” out there that his presidency ...

Dozens of LGBT people have allegedly been rounded up and tortured. GROZNY, Russia -- Ricky said he had known the man who betrayed him for 10 years. He was 19 and for most of his life he had lived a ...