Caucasus

The assassination attempt took place in Caucasus - a region between Black Sea and the Caspian Sea - shortly after Feb 24, the Ukrainian official said.

Fourteen people died Tuesday in an Azerbaijani military helicopter crash that went down in the east of the Caucasus country during a training flight, officials said.

Humans tamed horses some 4,200 years ago in the northern Caucasus region of what is today southwestern Russia, a study said Wednesday, solving the centuries-old mystery of where and when the process began that led to today's domesticated equine popu

"Ajanta in Armenia", said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday after he visited the famed heritage sites and commented on the deep historical ties between the Caucasus nation and India.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Series, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, and Samsung Galaxy A52 are reportedly receiving the June 2021 Android security patch. The changelog for the updates hasn't been revealed yet but it is expected that all the smartphones would receive privacy and security improvements with the update. Users in the Caucasus region, China, Hong Kong, Po...

Five women were shot dead in an apparent radical Islamist attack on an Orthodox church in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, as the ISIS claimed responsibility for the assault.

Four women were shot dead by an unknown assailant at an Orthodox church in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, Russia's interior ministry and local media said Sunday.

Two traffic policemen were killed on Saturday after their vehicle came under fire in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, investigators said.

Russia's FSB security agency on Thursday said it had detained seven alleged ISIS rebels in the volatile North Caucasus who were planning "terrorist attacks" around Moscow.

Russia's FSB security service said on Sunday it had killed an "emir" of the ISIS in the North Caucasus along with four other terrorists in a raid in the Dagestan region.

Pope Francis announced on Sunday he would "almost certainly" visit India and Bangladesh in 2017, as he wrapped up a three-day tour in the Caucasus and headed home to Rome.

Russia's ruling United Russia party on Sunday cruised to an easy victory in parliamentary polls that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to glide to a fourth term in 2018 elections, partial results showed.

Soviet writer Fazil Iskander, whose works are known for their humourous descriptions of daily life in the Caucasus and satirical take on society under Communism, died today. He was 87.

Armed men have attacked the office of a prominent human rights organisation in the volatile Russian region of Ingushetia, the group said today, hours after an assault on journalists in the same area sparked international outrage.

The ISIS has claimed responsibility for a shooting at an ancient citadel in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan that killed one and injured 11, the SITE Intelligence Group said.

The assassination attempt took place in Caucasus - a region between Black Sea and the Caspian Sea - shortly after Feb 24, the Ukrainian official said.

Fourteen people died Tuesday in an Azerbaijani military helicopter crash that went down in the east of the Caucasus country during a training flight, officials said.

Humans tamed horses some 4,200 years ago in the northern Caucasus region of what is today southwestern Russia, a study said Wednesday, solving the centuries-old mystery of where and when the process began that led to today's domesticated equine popu

"Ajanta in Armenia", said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday after he visited the famed heritage sites and commented on the deep historical ties between the Caucasus nation and India.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Series, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, and Samsung Galaxy A52 are reportedly receiving the June 2021 Android security patch. The changelog for the updates hasn't been revealed yet but it is expected that all the smartphones would receive privacy and security improvements with the update. Users in the Caucasus region, China, Hong Kong, Po...

Five women were shot dead in an apparent radical Islamist attack on an Orthodox church in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, as the ISIS claimed responsibility for the assault.

Four women were shot dead by an unknown assailant at an Orthodox church in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, Russia's interior ministry and local media said Sunday.

Two traffic policemen were killed on Saturday after their vehicle came under fire in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, investigators said.

Russia's FSB security agency on Thursday said it had detained seven alleged ISIS rebels in the volatile North Caucasus who were planning "terrorist attacks" around Moscow.

Russia's FSB security service said on Sunday it had killed an "emir" of the ISIS in the North Caucasus along with four other terrorists in a raid in the Dagestan region.

Pope Francis announced on Sunday he would "almost certainly" visit India and Bangladesh in 2017, as he wrapped up a three-day tour in the Caucasus and headed home to Rome.

Russia's ruling United Russia party on Sunday cruised to an easy victory in parliamentary polls that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to glide to a fourth term in 2018 elections, partial results showed.

Soviet writer Fazil Iskander, whose works are known for their humourous descriptions of daily life in the Caucasus and satirical take on society under Communism, died today. He was 87.

Armed men have attacked the office of a prominent human rights organisation in the volatile Russian region of Ingushetia, the group said today, hours after an assault on journalists in the same area sparked international outrage.

The ISIS has claimed responsibility for a shooting at an ancient citadel in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan that killed one and injured 11, the SITE Intelligence Group said.