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France

Artist sets fire to bank in Paris

A Russian performance artist has been detained in Paris after setting fire to the front of a branch of France's central bank

Sport

Federer beats Nadal to clinch Shanghai Masters, as Sharapova wins first title since drug ban

Turkey

Shifting alliances in the Syrian crisis: Turkey cozies up to Russia

Amid growing tensions with the West, Turkey deploys troops to Syria as part of a deal reached with Russia and Iran

Belgium

Serbian PM: Kosovo major obstacle in EU talks

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Philippines

Russia is giving 6,000 guns to the Philippines, Duterte reveals

Donation follows gift of arms from China as Duterte seeks to bypass US.

Estonia

Estonia ‘first country in world able to function without physical land’

Tallinn set to have back-ups of critical data dotted around the world to defend against cyber attacks.

Russia

World Cup 2018: What we can expect to see, and what we won’t

The World Cup firsts, familiar faces and unlikely occurrences we can expect at Russia 2018

Russia

Bolshoi and Met team up for first time

Fans of opera will be delighted to learn Moscow's Bolshoi theatre and New York's Metropolitan Opera are teaming up for the first time to stage three shows to be shown in both cities.

Syria

Syria: Russian military jet crash reported

A Russian jet has reportedly crashed over Syria.

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Market catches fire in Moscow

3000 people evacuated as construction goods market on the northwestern edge of Moscow caught fire

Russia

Berlusconi gives Putin a duvet cover for his 65th birthday

The themed gift came after Putin previously gave the 81-year-old a double bed, where prostitute Patrizia D’Addario alleged Berlusconi slept with her in 2008

Syria

Syria War: Turkey-backed rebels launch offensive on Idlib

Russia

Russian skyscraper ‘becomes Europe’s tallest building’

The Lakhta Center in St Petersburg isn't even finished yet, but its creators are already claiming it's bigger than all other skyscrapers in Europe

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19 dead in Russian train-bus collision near Pakrov

19 dead in Russian train-bus collision near Pakrov

Russia

Saudi Arabia and Russia sign arms deal

Saudi Arabia has signed a memorandum of understanding on the purchase of S-400 air defence systems from Russia's state arms exporter.

Russia

19 dead in Russian train-bus collision near Pakrov

19 dead in Russian train-bus collision near Pakrov

Moldova

Moldova's leaders step up east-west tug of war

Moldova's government and its president are locked in their own cold war but voters and neighbours seem more concerned about corruption.

Russia

Escalating embarrassment: stairway glitch leaves king stranded

First world problems caused a hiccup for Saudi Arabia’s King Salman

Russia

Saudi king makes historic visit to Russia

Salman bin Abdulaziz is on an historic first visit to Russia by a monarch of the Gulf kingdom.

Syria

Russian defence ministry says Nusra Front leader critically injured in Russian airstrike in Syria

Russia claims al-Golani, Nusra Front leader critically injured in airstrike in Syria on Tahir al-Sham strongpoint.