Russia sentenced a 69-year-old woman to two years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty of taking part in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses, a spokesman for the organisation said.

KYIV — After a 13-hour ride, an old-fashioned sleeper train from Poland rattled into Ukraine’s capital one late summer day.

Many East Germans are more sympathetic toward Moscow than their western compatriots, reflecting decades of Soviet ties and disillusionment since reunification.

Henry Kissinger once wrote that a statesman’s hardest burden is making decisions without enough time or information, where ...