July 4 (UPI) -- Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan amid a chaotic U.S. withdrawal and toppled the Western-backed government in 2021.

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to ...

Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, cut the wheat export tax to zero, effective from July 9, the Interfax news agency ...

Russia has become the first nation to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021, announcing ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, sparking outrage from ...

Russia has commented on the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling, which found Moscow responsible for the downing of flight ...

Rosstat, Russia's statistics agency, has not released data on deaths this year, according to an independent Russian outlet.

A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support ...

Minister of Transport Roman Starovoy likely killed himself hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin.

Dylan Earl said he needed a “fresh start” in life. Unsatisfied by his prospects in his dreary English town, he decided to ...

The Kremlin's grip on the Russian elite appears to be closing ever tighter as two major figures of Russian business and ...