The ban on absinthe in 1915 paved the way for the rise of pastis, a beloved French aperitif that remains a cultural icon today. Recognizable as the quintessential aperitif in France, its popularity ...

As labor negotiations restart, Finnair is raising the stakes. The threat of pilot redundancies will be front of mind as ...

Metropolitan Kirill lamented the absence of deeper spiritual and moral foundations among soldiers. "A person who has taken ...

Oleh Lepetiuk has spent his career fighting for disability rights and is now working to support those wounded by war ...

The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian forces in Ukraine ...

Although no clergy were present, about two dozen Unalaskans took part in a starring ceremony Jan. 7 under the direction of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Snowdrops bloom at the botanical gardens at Moscow State University ...

A video showing Russian soldiers executing six unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war is “appalling,” according to Major ...

It comes after the new Syrian government terminates a 49-year lease on the base the Kremlin brokered with the Bashar al-Assad regime in 2019 Russia’s crucial diesel attack submarines can likely ...

British Defense Secretary John Healey told Parliament on Wednesday the Royal Navy was tracking a "Russian spy ship" that passed through U.K. waters, warning Russia's President Vladimir Putin ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Russia’s budget revenue rose to a record high last month even after the US targeted the banking sector with a new round of sanctions aimed at disrupting foreign trade payments and curbing ...