During the second world war, the Abwehr, the German intelligence service, was known for having spies all over the world. When it wasn’t yet clear if General Francisco Franco, Spain’s dictator, would a ...

The long-anticipated agreement closes a period of intense uncertainty in northeastern Syria after rebel forces led by Ahmed ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art took an emphatic tone in titling “Revolution!,” an exhibit commemorating a 250th anniversary that I probably need not spell out, and the result is emphatically good.

In August 1944, far from the famous D-Day beaches, nearly 700 U.S. soldiers found themselves completely encircled in the ...