The Russian copycat filled the void after McDonald’s Corp. sold its restaurants to a local franchisee. The move was part of an exodus of hundreds of global brands — from Adidas to Zara — after ...

On June 19, 2025, in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, @iles_hasanov shared a video of a dramatic roadside encounter. In the video, ...

A film crew from CBC Azerbaijan has arrived in Aktau to shoot a documentary about the deadly AZAL plane crash, which took ...

As Russia became the first country to recognise the Taliban as the ruling government of Afghanistan, Moscow's long-standing ...

Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...

Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

Russia’s major infrastructure and trade ambitions with Iran, including the vital North-South Transport Corridor and Caspian ...

Tensions are escalating between Russia and Azerbaijan, an oil-rich Caspian Sea nation, driven by a series of contentious ...

Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and ...

Last week, Ukrainian drone hunters picking up the debris from Russia’s nightly assault on their cities found a weapon that stood out from the rest. It had an advanced camera, a computing ...