BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the admission of six new countries from next year as the club of large and populous emerging economies seeks to reshape the global order. The BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- agreed at their ann...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is on a four-nation tour to Africa. After visits to Egypt and the Republic of the Congo, Sergey Lavrov landed in Uganda on Tuesday and will continue onto Ethiopia. Like many African nations, Uganda, Ethiopia and Cong...