On a brutally cold Halloween evening in 1956, a plane landed at the ice-covered bottom of the Earth, touching down at the ...

As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.

Pay attention. This story’s 100% true. Little boy. Born in Russia. Parents, poor. Pointing at him when he was in third grade, the teacher said: “He’s a Jew. Mean, greedy, all the problems we ...

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...

When Frank Schissler died more than two decades ago in Arkansas, a 5-foot-by-9.5-foot flag was tightly folded in the traditional triangular military style and presented to his son, Tom. Frank ...

In response to recent transphobic policy changes made by the Donald Trump administration, a group of climbers orchestrated what it says is the largest flag display on Yosemite National Park’s El ...

Acclaimed Russian ballet choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich, received top Soviet and Russian honours. Counter-terrorism police are assisting the coroner, but his death is not being treated as suspicious.

He was 83 years old. Ledeen was a vigorous participant in contributing to the demise of the communist Soviet Union and its Iron Curtain allies in Eastern Europe. Ledeen served as a special advisor ...

The post asked, "What's been the biggest fuck-up in the history of humans?" and naturally, I had to share. Here are some of ...

Pensioners who flew a Union Jack flag in their garden upside down have been met with fury. Betty and Maurice Curtis, both 96, have been accused of flying the flag from their 15-foot pole in an ...

President Donald Trump's crackdown on Cuban immigration has riveted a community that strongly backed him twice. After record ...

A growing number of Sonoma County residents are flying Old Glory as one does in the military to signal distress.