Palestinian authorities have blamed Israel for bombing the Saint Porphyrios parish The St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox church in Gaza was damaged in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday evening, according to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Unconfirmed reports from the site said at least two people were killed and more buried under the rubble of the adjacent…

The Russian president claimed that sports authorities have permitted the use of the movement as a political tool Russian President Vladimir Putin told an athletics forum on Thursday that the Olympic movement is now a far cry from the ideals of its modern reinventors, with politics trumping sportsmanship and athletes suffering discrimination due to their…

RFE/RL’s Alsu Kurmasheva – a dual US/Russian national – was arrested in Kazan Russian law enforcement has detained Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor from the US state-run media outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), over failing to register as a foreign agent and gathering sensitive military data, two sources reported on Thursday.