On a cold Sunday morning in Minneapolis, grief moved through church sanctuaries not in silence, but in words, melodies, and collective presence. Just days after the killing of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother fatally shot by a federal immigration officer, worship services across the city became spaces where mourning blended with moral urgency.
Israel has confirmed that Nickolay Mladenov, a Bulgarian diplomat with long-standing experience in crisis mediation, will take operational control of the U.S.-backed peace mechanism established by President Donald Trump for Gaza. The decision places a seasoned international negotiator at the center of a process that remains unstable despite a formal ceasefire.
Yaroslavl, April 4, Interfax - The Kostroma Region's court presidium on Friday invalidated the ban of two rallies and a gay march in Kostroma, court press officer Yulia Medvedeva told Interfax.
Moscow, April 22, Interfax - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he sees the Islamic State terror group (ISIS) as the main enemy of Russia now.
Chelyabinsk, February 19, Interfax - The meteorite fall in the Chelyabinsk Region is a sign of the coming end of times described in the Bible, representative of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) in the region Alexander Pashchenko believes.
Moscow, July 5, Interfax - The problem of a church of the Assumption on the compound of the Russian Embassy in Beijing is being solved as was announced at the meeting of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and all Russia with the chief of state administration for religious activities at the PRC State Council Ye Xiaowen that took lace during Moscow religious summit.
Moscow, August 13, Interfax - The Moscow City Court established the jury to examine the murder case of two Jesuit priests in Moscow in October last year.
Moscow, September 3, Interfax - Polish Interior Minister Jacek Cichocki and Ambassador to Russia Wojciech Zajaczkowski attended the cornerstone ceremony for a chapel at the Nilo-Stolbenskaya Pustyn monastery on Lake Seliger, where thousands of Polish POWs were held.
Moscow, August 17, Interfax - Pussy Riot activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said she does not regret the "performance" staged in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which landed her and her two friends in jail, and does not believe they will get a fair trial.
Last week head of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk visited Washington where he participated in the World Summit of Christian Leaders in Defense of Persecuted Christians. He also met with US Vice President Michael Pence and the country's influential religious figures. Head of the Synodal Department shared his impressions with Interfax-Religion in his interview.
