Ukraine

As the US makes it more difficult for refugees to stay, Rodney Mast and his church community are rallying around their new friends.

False advertising lured Africans to Eastern Europe for jobs, then recruiters pressured them into the army.

Displaced from Ukraine, a young immigrant found safety—and mission—in small-town Minnesota.

Israel fights Hezbollah, Ukraine left behind, US builds data centers, and North Korea’s Evangelical roots.

Even as Moscow weaponizes winter, locals attend church conferences, go sledding, and plan celebrations.

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Ukrainian theologian meditates on self-interested calls for a comfortable peace.

Russia has taken tens of thousands of children, who end up in reeducation facilities, military schools, or illegal adoptions.

War powers resolution dies in Senate, immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, and Anne Applebaum on the war in Ukraine.

“Almost everybody has lost somebody, and quite a few people have lost very much.”

From the massive policy shifts under the second Trump administration to violence taking off in Nigeria, Ukraine, and Gaza, we rank the biggest developments we covered this year.