The Latest Breaking News from Eurasia

Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation gathered in India on Thursday to discuss regional security matters, including adding Iran and Belarus to a union of nations seen as a counterweight to Western influence in Eurasia.

Saudi Arabia has approved a memorandum on granting the kingdom the status of a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), state news agency SPA said. The SCO is a political and security union of countries spanning much of Eurasia, including China, India and Russia. Formed in 2001 by…

Four died instantly following falling at 13,000ft off Eurasia's highest active volcano, Klyuchevskaya Sopka, as another two tragically died shortly afterwards according to local media

Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions of birds have started taking wing for one of nature’s great spectacles: fall migration. Birds fly south from the northern U.S. and Canada to wintering grounds in the southern U.S., Caribbean and Latin America, sometimes covering thousands…

The war being waged by Russia in Ukraine has been described in many ways – an attempt to recreate the USSR, a militant attempt to create a new Eurasia civilization, or a proxy war between Russia and the West. But whatever Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions and aspirations were in…

The International North South Transport Corridor, which aims to bring Eurasia closer together, is a laudable initiative

Research suggests spread of HSV-1 strain of herpes virus coincides with mass migration – and the cultural import of smooching – from Eurasia to Europe around 5,000 years ago

Research suggests the HSV-1 strain behind facial herpes arose in the wake of vast migrations of people from Eurasia to Europe around 5,000 years ago.

Modern domesticated dogs appear to have roots in eastern Eurasia — though some have DNA that's been mixed up