At the beginning of 1944 six divisions of the German Army Group South, some 56,000 men, were encircled by the Russian Army.

The Soviet Union spent more than 40 years trying to achieve what has just been handed to Vladimir Putin on a plate.

An obscure theory of elementary particles proved to be key to China’s re-emergence as a scientific nation after the Cultural ...

Writers often try to gild their tawdry times or dignify their flawed leaders with lofty literary analogies — notably, America as the New Jerusalem; Lincoln as Moses leading his people through the ...

Explore the life of Sofya Fishman, a resilient immigrant who thrived against all odds in her journey from war to success.

Russia is suspended from international competition due to the war in Ukraine, sidelining many who'd otherwise be playing.

Holly Christensen remembers a time when militarized officers only visited city neighborhoods during emergencies.

Scott Anderson’s examination of American foreign policy failures in Iran, “King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of ...

The best figure skater of his generation may just go down as the best of any generation. He’s capable of landing jumps nobody ...

President Vladimir Putin is mediating in the Iran situation to try to quickly de-escalate tensions, the Kremlin said on ...

The legend of the late hockey coach Herb Brooks continues to reverberate some four and a half decades after his young, upstart United States squad shocked the world by defeating the Soviet Union in ...

But Europe is still reliant on American military power, especially as it tries to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia ...