Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Lay leader Tu Shouzhe stands on his Protestant church's roof hours after Chinese government workers came and cut down the building's cross in Muyang ... shown in Today in Pictures in the gallery ...

Photos from inside Notre Dame cathedral showed its cross and altar apparently still ... by Reuters' Philippe Wojazer showed the church's interior as debris was still smoldering early Tuesday.