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

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Among the Soviet Union’s many pioneering aircraft, one fighter stands out for its speed, agility, and enduring legacy.

Washington needs to do a better job of coordinating its private sector partnerships and investments in the Greater Central ...

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

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

The USSR-built Plokštinė Missile Base once housed nuclear missiles aimed at Western Europe. Abandoned in the late 1970s, it’s ...

The NBA’s rise post-Soviet era saw a wave of Eastern European talent, with Lithuania emerging as a basketball powerhouse. For ...

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 ...