Was the end of the USSR inevitable — or the result of human decisions? This video dissects the economic decay, political paralysis, and personal choices that brought down one of history’s superpowers.

In the 1960s, the USSR secretly built a supersonic bomber designed to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers - the Sukhoi T-4 Sotka, ...

The government in Tbilisi is friendly to Moscow. It is being challenged by protesters who want closer ties to the West. A ...

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

The alleged shoe-banging incident occurred during the 902nd meeting of the U.N. General Assembly at headquarters in New York.

China has reportedly developed a first-of-its-kind missile defence system with a worldwide reach. The global defence system-- ...

Hungary cannot accept a link between access to European Union funds and meeting rule-of-law criteria as this would be akin to the EU operating like the former Soviet Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orban ...

In the past, large-scale exercises “occurred in Alaska,” one general says. “Now, this is high-end training that is occurring ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a state visit to Tajikistan, a three-day trip that includes a series of meetings ...

On Oct. 14, 1884, George Eastman received his first "film" patent No. US306594 A for negative paper, paving the way for the creation of the personal camera.

On Oct. 14, 1884, George Eastman received his first "film" patent No. US306594 A for negative paper, paving the way for the ...