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The latest season of this ‘Iranian Spring’ began on 28 December 2025, when highly influential merchants of Tehran’s Grand ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter. During these eight decades, much has been accomplished that calls for celebration. Yet, there is no denying that the United ...

As the Red Army closed in on Berlin in the spring of 1945, the war became a collapse rather than a battlefield. This final chapter follows one young Waffen-SS soldier through the city’s last days, ...

In the annals of finest-hour mythmaking, there are two abiding articles of faith: first, that the United Kingdom bravely ...

As the Battle for Berlin reached its final days in 1945, Soviet forces advancing across the Spree River encountered one of ...

German authorities say far-left groups have for years targeted critical infrastructure around the capital city.

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