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 country to formally recognise Taliban rule, with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi ...

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 ...

Late on July 3 and into the early hours of July 4, Russia battered Ukraine with more than 500 drones and missiles in the most ...

Russia is the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan since the group seized power in 2021, ...