Venezuelan authorities announced Thursday they are offering $100,000 for information leading to the capture of opposition ...

Santa Claus is the symbol of Christmas, his red suit and white beard a global icon, but each country has its own unique name ...

Hearken to the true story of Nicholas, the Saint of Sailors who became a bishop of Myra. Nicholas was born to a wealthy wheat merchant at Patara in late-second century Turkey, around 300AD.

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

Gradually, the religious image was fully transformed into a secular icon. St. Nicholas of Myra was represented in medieval art holding four loaves of bread as a symbol of his generosity.

She said that after an earthquake in the region in 529, archeologists believe the Church of St. Nicholas, long a popular pilgrimage site, especially for Russian Orthodox Christians ...

The Pinellas County Commission voted 5-2 Tuesday to approve its $312.5 million share of bond financing for the Tampa Bay Rays' proposed $1.3 billion ballpark in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The head of the Russian Army’s chemical weapons division ... conflict military correspondent Maxim Fomin — blown up in a Saint Petersburg cafe in 2023. But Kirillov is the most senior Russian ...

A top Russian general accused of using chemical weapons on the battlefields in Ukraine was killed after a bomb went off in Moscow early Tuesday, Russian investigators said, in an attack swiftly ...

A bomb hidden in an electric scooter killed a senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow on Tuesday, Russia's investigative committee said. Lieutenant General Igor ...

The U.K. sanctioned a secretive oil-trading company that it described as a linchpin in Russia’s oil market, part of measures designed to step up pressure on Moscow ahead of possible peace talks ...