* Russia takes aim at EU rights abuses * Moscow on defensive over new law before Olympics * Russian official warns athletes who plan to campaign By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Russia, ...

For decades, the Soviet leadership simply denied everything. They claimed unidentified aerial objects were just capitalist lies meant to stir up panic. But the Kremlin was saying one thing and doing ...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un hailed troops fighting in an "alien land" in his New Year message, state media reported on Thursday, in which he underscored Pyongyang's "invincible alliance" with ...