Russia

Blast on bus in central Russian city also wounded 20 people.

Formula One racing team borrowed £33m in 2012.

China's booming arms sales underpinned by discount model and Beijing's willingness to sell weapons to risky recipients.

Moscow to order service providers to install monitoring devices capable of collecting personal data.

West Ham midfielder Mark Noble believes Manchester City star David Silva is a better player than Arsenal's record signing Mesut Ozil.

Earth to get early warning system for asteroid strikes when £800m telescope is launched by the European Space Agency next month.

Scribes told to take on US, Japan, Philippines and Vietnam, and praise Russia.

Doctor claims snipers in Syria bet cash and cigarettes on shooting unborn babies.

The 2013 Miss Universe pageant will take place in Moscow, Russia on 9 November. A total 88 contestants will vie for the crown this year.

Step-by-step guide to install I9500XXUEMJ5 Android 4.3 official firmware on Samsung Galaxy S4.

Discovery in Ukraine of 2013 TV135 has NASA scientists calculating chances of disaster

XXUEMJ5 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update is rolling for Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500.

Russian space-explorers to be given bamboo clothing as it is lighter and more durable.

Elmira Abdrazakova has been targeted by racist trolls on Twitter ahead of Miss Universe Pageant.

Lenovo, the world's biggest PC manufacturer, is reportedly considering buying the struggling Canadian smartphone manufacturers BlackBerry.

Coffin of Ardeatine Cave massacre killer still at Rome's military airport after botched funeral

Creditors are worrying about Ukraine's debts, deficits and political instability

Global Slavery Index says nearly half of modern slaves in India, with Mauritania having highest proportion.

NSA whistleblower's father Lon Snowden encourages son Edward to 'make sure true story comes out'.

Founder of auction site giant pledges quarter of a billion dollars for fund he as-yet-unnamed venture

Illinois users say wounds caused by the drug feel like a cigarette burn before turning into gangrene.

Scientists faced tough conditions bringing up meteor from lake in the Urals.

A host of Premier League names helped confirm their nation's presence in Brazil 2014 but for many more the job isn't done quite yet.

Russia's homophobia problem is assuming ever more nightmarish proportions, says Larry Poltavtsev.

Russia is the most educated country in the world, followed by Canada, Japan, Israel, United States, Korea, UK, New Zealand, Finland and Australia.

Kirov court upheld conviction for embezzlement but suspends five-year prison sentence

Who has qualified for the World Cup and who still needs to come through a tricky play-off.

Onno Elderenbosch, senior assistant to the Dutch ambassador, attacked amid mounting diplomatic tension between Moscow and The Hague.

1200 Muslim migrant workers in Biryulyovo district have been held after murder of ethnic Russian Yegor Shcherbakov.

Are the authorities right to be so worried ahead of England's crunch World Cup qualifier?