This ambition reflects more than three decades of reform and a sustained belief that education represents the country’s most ...

Two Americans, a Japanese astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut returned to Earth early Thursday after 167 days in orbit, ...

For at least a decade, the conventional wisdom has been that direct attempts at regime change by the United States have ended in disaster. And for good reason. In Afghanistan, the very same Taliban ...

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The first decades following the Russian Revolution saw enormous changes in women’s social role, but early promises of ...

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has said she would vote in favour of unification with neighbouring European Union and NATO ...

With demonstrations in dozens of cities across Iran, Ali Khamenei and his regime are faced with a dilemma.

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Vladimir Mitrokhin’s amazing story is the subject of a new book, ‘The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB.’ ...

China has intentionally chosen to hide its nuclear doctrine as a core part of its strategy—exponentially increasing the risk ...

Discover why Argentina isn't strictly socialist but has significant socialist tendencies, including protectionist policies ...

After the past year or so, the famed Doomsday Clock at the University of Chicago might be running a little fast.