A Jerusalem hostel for Christian Orthodox pilgrims that became a symbol of imperial Russia’s presence in the Holy Land re-opened Tuesday after six years of renovation work. Israel handed the Sergei Courtyard in the city’s Russian Compound back to Moscow in 2008 after a long legal battle and an intervention by President Vladimir Putin. The … Read more
A Russian blogger arrested after posting a video of himself playing Pokemon Go in a church has been found guilty of insulting religious believers and inciting hatred. The court in the Ural mountains city of Yekaterinburg is yet to sentence Ruslan Sokolovsky, 22. The blogger filmed himself playing the game in 2016 in the local … Read more
When America entered World War I, a century ago this week, the European powers were bogged down in a grinding trench war that had killed millions and ravaged the European continent. Swinging its industrial might and vast manpower behind France and Britain against Germany and its allies on April 6, 1917, the United States tipped … Read more
The majority of the Ghanaians fear blood which became obvious in the many Coups the country had seen which mostly were a friendly takeover of stronger groups with small blood lost unlike similar situations in other African countries. This is not to say that in the Northern parts of Ghana people do not kill each … Read more
A Russian blogger arrested after posting a video of himself playing Pokemon Go in a church in the city of Yekaterinburg has filed an appeal, according to the local court. Ruslan Sokolovsky is reportedly being held in prison while he awaits trial. He has been charged with mockery of religious beliefs. Investigators and church officials … Read more