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The Soviet Union’s decade-long incursion into Afghanistan has been compared to the American experience in Vietnam. Both wars bore some surface similarities to each other, though closer examination would reveal a multitude of differences behind the circumstances that brought them about, the relative commitment both great powers had to these conflicts, and the motivations for their involvement in the first place. But one striking similarity exists: both wars saw heavy use of the helicopter in an...

Mongolia is a landlocked country sandwiched between Russia and China. Maureen Paton travels there to preview a revival of a 1998 play, The Mongol Khan, in advance of its West End premiere.

To mark the 60th anniversary of JFK's death, revisit an exclusive BBC interview with the US president's mother, Rose, who movingly describes the family's intense pride and sorrow.

« Operation Al-Aqsa Flood » has marked Kais Saied’s divergence from Tunisia’s traditional stance favoring a two-state solution, a position established by Habib Bourguiba in 1965. The present article offers a glimpse into Tunisia’s diplomatic evolution regarding major regional and international conflicts.

The International Olympic Committee and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations have called for the cancellation of the World Friendship Games, which Russia wants to host in Moscow and Yekaterinburg in September 2024, and for countries to refrain from participating in them.

Part officer, part diplomat, part spy, he led military inspections in East Germany and later oversaw the destruction of Soviet nuclear weapons.

The Russian love affair would be consolidated in no fewer than 13 face-to-face meetings and phone calls between Ramaphosa and Putin over the five years.

Viral posts mischaracterized a legislative proposal to decriminalize pornography in the country.

In Hungary, China continues to have a "good friend" in Central Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Monday, according to a report by state news wire MTI.

As running prepares for some of its biggest barriers to be broken in the coming years, guest columnist Stephen Lane argues it is time for World Athletics to take action.