At first glance, Amelia, with her purple bob and pixie-girl looks, seems an unlikely candidate for the far right to adopt as an increasingly popular meme.

In Russia, where open criticism of the war in Ukraine is effectively outlawed, memes have become a coded way to comment on ...

Kyiv was among the hardest-hit areas, where 40 facilities were damaged. Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with a massive barrage of 242 drones and 36 missiles, including one that was nuclear-capable, ...

A residential building is seen damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Russia is treading carefully when it comes to the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the weekend. Maduro was an ally of Russia but his departure, or the geopolitical stance underpinning ...

Three scholars walk into a bar and watch a country being invaded on TV. The constructivist says: “We must help.” The pragmatist says: “We should calculate costs and benefits.” The realist says: ...

President Donald Trump spent much of 2025 attempting what had eluded his predecessors: personally engaging both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an ...

The mood was cautiously optimistic after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emerged from his Mar-a-Lago meeting on Sunday. Zelensky compromised on many points of a peace plan, and President Trump ...

After February 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his so-called special military operation—a full-scale invasion of Ukraine—the popularity of George Orwell’s 1984, a dystopian novel ...

Russia's Oreshnik missile system is seen during a training in an undisclosed location in Belarus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) The ministry released a video showing combat vehicles ...