After a challenging year, Prince William has shared a moving tribute to his wife, Kate Middleton, on her 43rd birthday ...

In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned a building for his wife, Catherine, who succeeded him after his death, but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their ...

She was later invited to both William and Harry’s weddings, with her son Tom serving as a page boy at William's wedding to Princess Catherine in 2011. The Prince of Wales took to social media on ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

If any woman was ever born to be the first lady of the United States, it was Kate. Glitteringly beautiful and dazzlingly ...

Like any newly elected American President, Donald Trump must all too soon address international affairs that have been much ...

Denis Diderot, at Catherine the Great’s insistent invitation, spent the autumn and winter of 1773–4 in St Petersburg. It was the worst time of year for an ageing philosopher, underdressed, plagued by ...

Catherine Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat. Catherine (Katie) Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat. She manages the monthly magazine as well as writing on Central Asia and Afghanistan ...

He charted the rise of musical minimalism on New York’s downtown scene in the 1970s. He later gained notice for abstract works of his own. In “The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus,” a ...

With Islamist Terrorism on the Rise in Afghanistan and Foes Such as Communist China Gaining Power There, America May Need To Pivot While the end of America’s involvement in the south Asian country ...

College costs have been on a mostly upward trend for the last two decades. In addition to rising tuition prices, paying for housing, food, transportation, textbooks and other school-related fees ...