A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that could be a sign of an outbreak ...

Britain unveiled sanctions targeting Russian oil companies, its shadow fleet of tankers and those accused of supplying the ...

The US president hopes to ease his party's pain before next month's midterm elections, writes the BBC's North America ...

Government planes reported to be carrying the Russian president and his aides home from Turkmenistan were forced to circle or ...

President Donald Trump said he had call scheduled with Rusisian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a reported plague case in ...

The death of the worker from the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has stirred fears worldwide.

As rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little ...

Perspective: Pneumonic plague sounds like the nightmare scenario. Strangely, it may be the more reassuring one.