The creatives behind the films, backed by the grant scheme unveiled last year by Cate Blanchett and IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund, ...

Washington has the Pituffik Space Base in northern Greenland under a defence agreement with Denmark. Otherwise, most of its Arctic forces are located across eight bases in Alaska and count ...

This Week in History: From poisoned Russians to life on Mars? - Explore how major events between 19 and 25 January were captured on The Independent’s front pages ...

Julia Loktev shot her stunningly intimate portrait of Russia’s embattled independent media scene on the eve of the invasion ...

After the costly airborne invasion of Crete, Germany’s elite paratroopers were pulled into the grinding war in the East, not as shock troops but as emergency reinforcements sent wherever the front was ...

Netflix’s Queen of Chess documentary follows the life of Judit Polgár, the best female chess player ever, and her journey to ...

When Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941, Romania was not fighting for Hitler’s ideology—but for its own survival. After losing vast territories in 1940, General Ion Antonescu aligned the country ...

Although Machado's gesture marks a rare instance of a living laureate parting with their medal shortly after receiving it, it ...

The vast territory, rich in natural resources and business opportunities due to climate change, has been in Washington’s sights for over a century ...

Since Putin invaded Ukraine, the short distance between Nome, Alaska, and Russia seems wider than ever.

Current and former commanders, analysts and military bloggers are having a surprisingly open debate about whether drones have made Russia’s longstanding approach to battle obsolete.

Made with footage smuggled out on encrypted platforms, David Borenstein and Pasha Talankin's Oscar-nominated film records how ...