Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause célèbre and a Cold War symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews.

Step back in time and explore some of the creepiest and most chilling abandoned places from the Soviet era. From decaying ...

Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, was a high-ranking Communist official under Mao. He fell from grace but later returned ...

Charlie English delves into the CIA's attempts to combat communism via literature including '1984' in a book that reminds, in ...

As the world waits to see if Donald Trump's talks will go ahead, look back at how previous US presidents have handled Iran.

Tove Jansson was a trailblazing illustrator and author—and the inventor of the beloved Moomins, the central characters of her ...

Summers in Russia are short. Come autumn, the stages will be dismantled and the flowers removed. No one knows what next ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s effort to ban Pride backfired, drawing a huge throng in support of LGBTQ+ rights and hurting ...

A new exhibition on Prague’s Rašín Embankment showcases the bold embassy architecture of 1960s–70s Czechoslovakia and its ...

or the time being, the imminent threat of violence escalating beyond the Middle East has been stalled. However, it is widely speculated that the pause may not last long. The unresolved Palestine issue ...

Ian Rogers was convinced it was up to him to save America. The gun industry’s sales tactics — playing up paranoia and ...