Russia

Report: Russia Used 'Mouse Hole' To Swap Urine Samples Of Olympic Athletes

3:49pm July 19, 2016

by Greg Myre

At the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the Russians traded dirty urine samples for clean ones by passing them through a hole drilled into the wall of the anti-doping lab, according to an official report.

Canadian law professor Richard McLaren speaks at a news conference Monday in Toronto. McLaren is the author of a new report that accuses Russia of a widespread doping campaign.

Russia Should Be Barred From Rio Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Says

3:23pm July 18, 2016

by Bill Chappell

"The findings of the report show a shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport and on the Olympic Games," IOC President Thomas Bach says of a WADA investigation.

Syrian President Bashar Assad (white shirt) speaks with Syrian troops in the suburbs of Damascus on June 26, in a photo released by the official SANA news agency. The U.S. and Russia are working on proposal to coordinate their bombing campaigns in Syria,

U.S., Russia Working On A Plan To Coordinate Bombing In Syria

2:43pm July 14, 2016

by Greg Myre

The Americans and Russians are both waging air campaigns against the Islamic State. But the two powers are deeply suspicious of one another and have different goals for Syria's future.

Syeda Fatima, a human rights activist from Pakistan, shows a photo of a laborer she helped rescue. He asked that his name not be given to protect his identity.

Anti-Trafficking Activists Share Phone Pix Of Victims They Have Rescued

4:23pm July 12, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

Says one activist: "They tell us, 'Because of you, we are breathing free air.' "

Justin Gatlin celebrates victory in the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field. Gatlin has been suspended twice for failing doping tests, once in 2001 and again in 2006.

Sports

At The U.S. Olympic Trials, Mixed Opinions About Russian Doping Scandal

6:33pm July 07, 2016

by Tom Goldman

The Russian scandal is a hot topic at the U.S. track and field Olympic Trials. Some feel individual Russian athletes should be allowed to compete if they're clean, others support a blanket ban.

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These ants are some of the stars of the award-winning film Ant by Rustam Orifi.

Health & Safety

'Ant' Is A Movie About Ants — Or Is It?

7:00am July 03, 2016

by Joe Schottenfeld

The director, a young man from Tajikistan, says he wanted to show a day in the life of an ant. But there may be more to it than that.

Vyacheslav Trubnikov (right) was head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Russia's equivalent of the CIA, from 1996 to 2000. He's shown here speaking with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage in 2001 in Moscow. Trubnikov was Russia's deputy fo

World News

Russia's Ex-Spy Chief Shares Opinions Of His American Counterparts

12:56pm June 28, 2016

by Mary Louise Kelly

Vyacheslav Trubnikov was a Soviet and Russian spy for more than three decades. He found some of his American adversaries worthy rivals. Others, not so much.

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says there's still a way Russian track athletes could compete in Rio this summer. He's seen here at a news conference in March.

IOC Backs Ban Of Russia's Track Team, But Leaves Door Open For Athletes

1:48pm June 21, 2016

by Bill Chappell

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says individual athletes will have chances to prove that they're "clean," in the face of doping allegations that have embroiled the Russian team.

U.S. soldiers carry a 155 mm artillery round for a live-fire training exercise during the Anakonda war games near Olezno, Poland, on June 14.

World News

NATO War Games In Poland Get Russia's Attention

4:09pm June 17, 2016

by David Welna

Some 30,000 troops from 20-plus nations took part in Europe's biggest military exercise since the Soviet Union collapsed. It was meant to send a message to Russia, but critics warn it could backfire.

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The Arktika is the world's largest, most powerful icebreaker.

Russia Launches World's Biggest, Most Powerful Icebreaker

11:35am June 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The 568-foot-long Arktika is powered by two nuclear reactors and capable of breaking through ice 13 feet deep. Russia's interest in the Arctic is rising along with global temperatures.