Deemed the "World's weirdest capital city," this metropolis is a great place to visit if you love modern architecture with ...
After nearly three years of conflict, Vladimir Putin has reportedly depleted Russia’s stockpile of Soviet-era weaponry, ...
Nearly three years after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, his troops are making steady progress on the battlefield. Kyiv is grappling with shortages of men and weapons. And the new U.S ...
The Hermit State’s 170mm M1989 Koksan howitzers, dubbed "juche cannons", are among the longest-range artillery systems in the world. They were originally built for the southeast Asian ...
The discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos were a stark reminder of how interconnected the global economy is, and how Ukraine’s stability — or lack thereof — affects us all.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Mr. Schmemann, a member of the editorial board, is a former Moscow bureau chief for The Times. It was March 1994, more than two years after the Soviet Union disintegrated, and the debates within ...
Most of the victims were Jews killed on an industrial scale in gas chambers, but also Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, gay people and others who were targeted for elimination in the Nazi ...
The memorial in St Petersburg to 'Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi Genocide' On the edge of St Petersburg stands a dramatic memorial more than 40 metres high. At the very top is the ...
Yet this is not a Holocaust memorial as such. Its official title is "the memorial to Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi genocide". I listen to a tour guide as she tells a group of ...
Urmston and Davyhulme residents have been left scratching their heads this weekend following a 'mystery noise' they say is 'driving them insane'. Locals described a 'bass, rumbling noise' like ...
Feigning defeat and retreat, soldiers from the Ukrainian army’s 225th Assault Battalion lured a large Russian force into a trap in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast on or just before Thursday.