Nearly 36 years ago, the U.S. invaded Panama to dislodge its strongman, General Manuel Noriega. A force of 27,000 overcame ...

As the Trump Administration tries to rescue symbols of the Lost Cause, an exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, ...

Was Stalin truly caught off guard by Hitler’s invasion? This episode explores the case for “yes, he expected it.” From vast ...

For the original surrealists, dreaming was not a matter of idle fantasy but a tool for political and social transformation.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers -- Italy declared war today on Germany, its one-time ally, and was granted the status of a co-belligerent by the United Nations.

Discover the history of the Holodomor, the devastating famine that struck Ukraine in the 1930s. This video examines how Soviet policies led to one of the deadliest famines in human history.

Robert H. Jackson, an American Supreme Court justice who thought of himself as "anything but a warrior," was drafted by FDR ...

After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the ...

In February 2023, as cruise missiles hit cities from Kherson to Kyiv, Mikhail Rusin lost heat and electricity in his home in Ukraine’s capital for almost a week. Overnight lows were around 14 degrees ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s warning last month might lack the fateful portents of Sir Edward Grey’s lament on the eve of World War I that “the lamps are going out all over Europe.” But they ...

Jerusalem — Indirect peace talks between Israel and Hamas aimed at ending the war in Gaza and freeing the remaining Israeli hostages resumed Wednesday in Egypt. President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff ...