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 ...

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 ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russian military planes briefly violated Lithuania’s airspace Thursday evening, the Lithuanian ...

The 27-nation European Union is struggling to finalize a plan to use frozen ... Kathleen Burk, emeritus professor of Modern ...

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 ...

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

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

Europe vows to boost defense amid Russia’s threat, but national divisions could derail efforts to turn promises into real military power.

France is not the only country to have experienced a 'heist of the century,' nor the only one to question the protection of artworks on public display.

A nine-letter social media post was all it took for the Department of Homeland Security to spark a torrent of backlash online ...