From a nature conservation standpoint, the Iron Curtain was a blessing — a 40-year accidental wildlife sanctuary. So it was no surprise that in December 1989, a month after the Berlin Wall came down, ...

The Cold War lasted 45 agonizing years. Daily life in the Soviet Union was a mixture of dread and horror—children taught to report their parents’ whispered doubts, families queuing for hours for bread ...

When the Berlin Wall went up overnight, National Geographic correspondents were on hand to document a city that became a ...

Russell Crowe is taking center stage in a new examination of the Nuremberg trials, with his latest drama casting fresh light ...

Voices from the Shoah Tapes," is a pale shadow of a much fuller exhibition on Claude Lanzmann on view in Berlin.

In the German capital, the classic diner is being reimagined as a hub for cross-cultural flavours and conviviality ...

A chimpanzee escaped its enclosure and was on the loose at the Indianapolis Zoo Friday morning, but the animal was later located and returned to her exhibit, the zoo said. "At approximately 10am, a ...

Journal Editorial Report: Paul Gigot interviews Democratic Pollster Doug Schoen. Arnold Toynbee’s “Cities on the Move” (1970) documents the history of big cities around the world becoming impoverished ...

The front page of The Tennessean on Nov. 10, 1989 declared: "East Germans dance on Wall," and displayed a photo of three men, arm in arm, celebrating on the Berlin Wall. The article described the ...

Berlin, Germany, Dec. 20, 1963: A woman’s walk down a Berlin street on a cold day is made even more depressing by the presence of the two-year-old Berlin Wall. In later years, buildings near the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Escape From Hadrian’s Wall As a prisoner in the fortress of Hadrian’s Wall, liberation is in your grasp as you unravel mysteries buried in the depths. In ...

The City of Hamilton is investigating the cause of a partially collapsed wall in Queen Elizabeth Park that was said to have come close to injuring a passer-by. A woman posted on social media that ...