During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Germany has until 2031 before it must be ready to defend its territory against a potential Russian invasion, according to ...

Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza. That's despite widespread international rejection of President Donald Trump’s plan to empty the territory of its ...

A Cold War-era naval vessel is slowly sinking in the Ohio River, and no one seems to know what to do with it. The YP-575’s ...

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death for spying for the Soviet Union. Decades later, we’re still grappling with what ...

President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road isn’t just a sculpture—it’s a monument to the tech world’s obsession with civilizational ...

On Jan. 27, 1945, ten thousand Allied POWs stepped off from Stalag Luft III in Żagań as the Nazi regime began forcibly evacuating its ...

The third-generation T-90 was developed at the tail end of the Cold War to replace the T-72, and it was seen as being equal in capabilities to the U.S. military's M1 Abrams and German-made Leopard 2.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...