It was on November 1, 1512,  that public entry was first allowed in the Sistine Chapel. Built between 1473 and 1481, the chapel walls feature scenes from the lives of Moses and Jesus Christ, painted ...

For us, enlargement is reunification, representing the fulfilment of a shared European project that includes all those who ...

FROM being ravaged by bloody World War I to being carved up by Hitler and Stalin during World War II, Poland endured the ...

The Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon in the history of humankind, the Tsar Bomba, on October 30, 1961.

Historical and cultural disputes between North Macedonia and Bulgaria hinder EU accession. The stalemate revolves around ...

After years of courtroom clashes and failed negotiations, Real Madrid and A22 Sports Management, the company behind the ...

Finland's foreign minister called on the "free world" to push back against Russia, stating its threat extends beyond the ...

President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will. He has used them in an unprecedented way, not only as the underpinning of his economic ...

The centrist liberal Democrats 66 surged in Wednesday's Dutch elections, finishing in a virtual tie with the far-right Party ...

This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will ...

China also had its moment with ASEAN, signing an upgrade to its trade agreement with the bloc. Like Europe, its pitch is that ...

Greenhouse gas pollution in 2035 would be only 6 percent lower than levels that countries have previously promised to hit by ...