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Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, several packages of sanctions targeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry (mostly oil, gas, and coal) have been introduced by the United States, the European Union, and other Western nations.

In the winter of 1977, Livia Chereches snapped photos of the aftermath of one of modern Europe's worst earthquakes. Then the historic color slides sat in her closet for nearly half a century.

Released at the last minute by outgoing UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet, the report said that “serious human rights violations had taken place in Xinjiang that could be “crimes against humanity,” which Uyghur activists say has them feeling vindicated.

The death of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has once again exposed profound divisions among Russians. While many revile him for purportedly destroying a global superpower, others expressed deep gratitude for the unprecedented individual opportunities his liberalizations afforded them.

Soldiers from across the Soviet Union left their mark on the walls of a top secret facility built by the Nazis.

More than 30 years after he stepped down and the U.S.S.R. ceased to exist, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is gone, too, dead at age 91. An American recalls the last years of Gorbachev’s rule -- and the warnings that Vladimir Putin failed to heed.

A teenage photographer’s images of a ceremony in western Ukraine lay bare the generational consequences war is having on families across Ukraine.

For the students and staff at Harant, in Lysychansk, the new school year is starting without a school: The building is in ruins and the city -- also largely destroyed -- is under Russian control. Online, though, the school is preparing to teach students now spread out across Ukraine and beyond.

A former Kazakh soldier has accused her commander of sexual harassment that she says ended her military career. Though an official probe rejected the women's charges, she stands by her story and wants people to know what’s happening in the armed forces.

Despite a scaled-down version of the Vostok military exercises amid the Ukraine war, Russia is aiming to send a signal to the West that it isn't isolated and can still flex its military muscle.