The war illustrates Russia’s deteriorating military reputation and operational failures, as well as the Ukrainian people's ...

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Iran boasts one of the world's oldest civilizations, its history stretching back millennia. In the modern era, however, the ...

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What do UFO sightings tell us about ourselves? And will they ever be explained? Historian Greg Eghigian tells us how he's ...

Russian gas exports to Türkiye are unlikely to fall. Since the discovery of major Siberian gas deposits after World War II, Soviet and post-Soviet leaders have spent half a century building up an ...

Since its establishment under the Russian empire, Lukiškės Prison has transformed from a bleak place of torture and murder to ...