A German Jewish refugee, he became a decorated CIA officer, facing off with the Soviets in Berlin, before resigning to lead ...

Disposal experts managed to unscrew and then destroy the fuse of the half-ton British-made bomb. But their lengthy operation ...

Bombs left over from the two world wars are regularly discovered around France but it is very rare to find them in such a people-packed location.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

1995: The graves of Tsar Nicholas II and his family are finally found in St Petersburg after 78 years. On the same day, Viv Stanshall of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band dies in a house fire. 2003: In Haifa ...

A disaster. That was the fitting word for the Europe that emerged immediately after 1945, covered in soot from cities turned ...

Mr. Hermsmeier is a journalist who writes about Germany’s politics and society. Friedrich Merz didn’t waste time. Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s ...

German artist Anselm Kiefer, known for work confronting his country's Nazi past, said Wednesday he felt "threatened" by the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which scored its ...

Dresden was ruled by the impressively named Augustus the Strong from the late 17th century well into the 18th century, and ...

Despite these trends, labour-force participation remains lower for women. According to the latest available data, 66.6% of ...

At the North Compound, I visited the Harry Tunnel Monument. This monument is a tribute to the Great Escape, which inspired ...

Hundreds of thousands of foreigners served in the Wehrmacht, most famously the Vlasov Army.