It is up, always up,” the Portuguese guide says, gesturing at the ancient cobbled street winding its way ­skywards. He is not ...

To save democracy, the elites claim, they must reduce to a minimum the public’s access to information and communication.

When Karl Marx, from his vantage point in London, read reports of what was occurring in the streets of Paris in the spring of ...

On the face of things, most Ukrainians are equally confident and combative. Almost three-quarters tell pollsters that ...

But as soon as the first light of day appeared, the gleaming chainmail, girded with steel bands, and the shining breastplates ...

The Battle of Covadonga, fought in 722 AD, marked the beginning of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian ...

Since Samadov’s arrest, at least two other peace activists have been interrogated as witnesses in the treason case, and ...

A popular phrase coined in the Spanish Golden Age has come to speak volumes about Madrid, from its user-friendly urban plan ...

In response to Ukrainian raids on Russian territory with long-range missiles, Putin has repeatedly returned to conjuring up ...

The siege of Tripolitsa and the ensuing massacre of the Ottoman population of the city was a pivotal moment in the Greek war ...

The investigation of Vice President Sara Duterte, under scrutiny for alleged misuse of government funds, has highlighted the ...