IN 1977, as I began my career learning the art and science of producing newspapers on high-speed presses in Harare, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) launched two remarkable ...

The Cold War period saw the West and the Soviet Union trying to go against each other in almost everything. The two sides are said to have come up with secret programs and missions to gain control ...

On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by sending the first living creature into space, a stray dog named Laika.

In 2010, a worldwide ban on cluster bombs went into effect. Cluster bombs, usually dropped from planes, are filled with ...

Science in ancient Egypt and Greece followed a similar pattern: It thrived during good times and fell off in periods of ...

Five of them were among the most prominent Yiddish writers left in the Soviet Union, and in the world, after the language and its literature were decimated by the Holocaust. All were also members of ...

Swing-wing fighter jets, planes that can change the sweep angle of its wings in flight, are a fascinating thing. Here are the ...

As the OSCE marks the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, questions abound over whether the organization can remain ...

Turkmenistan has long been considered one of the globe’s most isolated countries. New streamlined visa regulations are ...

Stationed in Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara granted transit visas that allowed holders to escape Europe and travel through Japan ...