As the nation marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day next month, Churchill's descendants will take part in a service alongside ...

In February 1945, world leaders convened at the Yalta Conference in Crimea to determine the shape of the post-war world. Although Nazi Germany was still resisting fiercely, it was evident their defeat ...

In the latest in Dominic Alexander’s series on great revolutions, he looks at how Russia went from bloody imperialist war to ...

Karzai’s influence is not just historical; it lies in his ability to mediate Afghanistan’s current power struggles.

Oleg Gordievsky, a double agent who helped British intelligence during the Cold War while stationed in London as the Soviets' ...

A group of Nebraska leaders and aspiring leaders explored the history, culture, religion and agriculture of three nations in ...

In the early 1980s, his warnings to the West that the Soviets feared a potential surprise NATO nuclear ... in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. It's the same honour held by the fictional spy James Bond ...

The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum on Friday, Sudan TV and military sources said, in one of the most significant advances in a two-year-old conflict ...

A new book tells the incredible story of a Dutch woman who spent a decade with her ‘long-lost son’ – only to discover he was an enemy agent ...

Sudan’s army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, state TV reported on Thursday, in a significant milestone in a two-year ...

with power passing between several regional rulers before falling under the rule of Russia's Tsarist regime and then the Soviets. Its capital, Bishkek, is on the Chu River at the northern edge ...

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 ...