Meanwhile, more than 80 people have been arrested across 17 cities in Russia as thousands took part in the “Noon Against Putin” protest at midday, independent human rights organisation OVD ...

The Vatican has repeatedly offered to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia, and last year Pope Francis sent his peace envoy for Ukraine, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna ...

with a headline reading "His story should be here," in a protest over the ongoing detention of its reporter. The U.S.-born son of Soviet emigres covered Russia for six years, as the Kremlin made ...

Russia has also sought to crush any domestic opposition to the war by punishing those who protest or criticize it. Follow us on: ...

The first condition for peace in Ukraine is for Russia to cease its hostilities, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's secretary of state, said on March 11. Parolin's statement followed criticism ...

Authorities in Russia's Far East on Monday called off a rescue effort for 13 workers trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine and declared them dead. The miners got trapped on March 18 at ...

With Russia's vast landmass stretching across 11 time zones, protest voters will be scattered ... attacks 5:08 PM UTC Europecategory Vatican rejects gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy in ...

In a protest to the French embassy in Rome, the Vatican said the court in Lorient, Brittany, had no right to adjudicate in the case of Mother Marie Ferréol, who was removed at night without ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the death ...

In our news wrap Tuesday, an appeals judge in New York denied former President Trump's bid to delay his hush money criminal ...

A gold mine in far eastern Russia collapsed and trapped at least 13 miners hundreds of feet underground, officials said Tuesday. The collapse occurred at the Pioneer Mine in the Zeysk district in ...

Russia and Ukraine are trading fresh accusations over renewed threats to Europe’s largest nuclear plant that has been caught up in the war. Trump’s proposal consists of pushing Ukraine to cede ...