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St Petersburg metro attack: 'Bomb' found in police raid

Authorities in St Petersburg say they have detained several suspects and made an explosive device safe inside an apartment block in the city.

Germany

Germany army launches new cyber command

2017 is election year in Germany, and hacker attacks like those alleged to have taken place during the US elections in 2016, are feared.

Syria

US Secretary of State Tillerson blames Syria regime for gas deaths

Some of the 72 victims of the suspected gas attack in northern Syrian were buried on Wednesday as their families grieved.

World News

Chechen gay men 'go missing' in alleged anti-gay campaign

Dozens of homosexual men are disappearing in Chechnya, that is according to a leading opposition newspaper in Russia.

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USA

Russia under fire after Syrian gas attack

As Western powers condemn the deadly chemical attack in Syria, Russia stands by its ally and the US threatens to take unilateral action.

World News

Eiffel Tower switched off as mark of respect to St Petersburg victims

Perhaps Paris’ most well-known landmark, the Eiffel Tower will turn off its lights at midnight on Tuesday, as a mark of respect to the victims of Monday’s explosion on the St Petersburg metro…

Russia

Russia confirms identity of St Petersburg suicide bomber

The suspected suicide bomber who killed 14 people and injured 50 in the St Petersburg underground has been identified by Russian authorities as 22-year old Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Russian of Kyrgyz…

Russia

Kyrgyzstan fertile ground for would be jihadists

ISIL recruiters target Bishkek

Russia

Russia pays tribute to St Petersburg metro bomb attack victims

People have been paying tribute to the victims of the St Petersburg metro bombing.

Business Series

Gazprom joins queue of companies threatening to leave London

Russian energy giant Gazprom set up shop in London in 1999 and has traded there ever since, but it may quit The City if Britain undergoes a "hard" Brexit that might amputate Gazprom's biggest market.

Russia

European newspapers lead with "Terror attack in St. Petersburg"

The explosion in St Petersburg dominates Europe’s main newspapers with several of them using words such as ‘terror’ or ‘massacre’ on the metro.

Russia

Suspect in St Petersburg blast reportedly Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen

As the hunt goes on for whoever was responsible for the deadly metro blast in St.

Russia

Putin pays respects to victims of St Petersburg metro blast

Eleven people die in blast on St.

Russia

Eyewitnesses describe horror following St.Petersburg blast

Video of aftermath of blast is published on social media showing people trying to help others out of damaged train carriage

Lithuania

Lithuania warns Russia could attack 'with 24 hours notice'

Lithuania's intelligence service has raised the alarm in a report but its concerns have been dismissed by the Kremlin as 'Russophobia'

Russia

St Petersburg bomb unlikely to damage Putin's image

Russians may feel vulnerable to terrorism again and blame the FSB for failing to stop the St. Petersburg bomber, but one analyst says it is unlikely many will blame Vladimir Putin.

World News

Moscow targets Chechen fighters in Syria

Thousands of Russian speakers fight for ISIL in Syria

Russia

EU foreign ministers voice unity with Russia following St Petersburg metro blast

European foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg reacted to Monday’s metro blast in St Petersburg, expressing horror over the apparent terror attack.

Russia

Amateur video purports to show the moments after St Petersburg metro blast

Amateur video purports to show the moments following an explosion which rocked Saint Petersburg’s metro network on Monday, April 3.

Russia

Russia's transport system a target for terrorism

Russia's transport system a terrorist target