Hail stones the size of cherries were reported in some parts of the country, as the natural disaster unfolded.

When Muhammad Mokaev was shockingly cut from the promotion following his win over Manel Kape at UFC 304 last year, it was ...

In the rugged highlands of southern Russia, nestled between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, lies a republic that's become synonymous with combat exc ...

Dagestan’s small vibrant Jewish community goes back centuries. Its synagogue in Derbent was also set ablaze and gutted by flames. There were no worshippers there at the time. The hunt and the hunted ...

Russia's southern region of Dagestan is in mourning after a rampage by Islamic militants Sunday that killed 19 people, and attacked houses of worship in apparently coordinated assaults in two cities.

In Dagestan, Russian security forces fought an Islamist insurgency in the mountainous region in the 2000s that spilled over from neighboring Chechnya, though attacks have become rarer in recent years.

Dagestan’s violent history means the area has a heavy security presence, said Mark Youngman, the founder of Threatologist, which analyzes Eurasian security risks and specializes in the North ...

A video of the incident showed the animal strapped to a zipline and sent on a terrifying descent down a mountain.

The Dagestan government blamed pro-Ukrainian conspirators for the clashes at the airport, saying that they had inflamed the public to fuel unrest in Russia.

An angry crowd in Russia’s mostly Muslim region of Dagestan stormed an airport where a flight from Israel arrived on Sunday, forcing authorities to close the facility and divert flights.