Cold War

LAS VEGAS (AP) — At first, the co-owner of the quirky alien-themed motel down a Nevada highway from the mysterious Area 51 site didn't take a posting for a prank Facebook event too seriously. Then, her phone started ringing. "It doesn't stop, our phone …

Stratfor Worldview Politics, Asia The ghost of World War II linger on. South Korea vs. Japan: The Trade War the World Needs to Watch Korea was an integral part of the Japanese empire from Tokyo's annexation in 1910 until the Allies liberated it in 1945. T…

Before he retired, Cardinal Ortega greeted President Obama at the Cathedral de San Cristóbal de la Habana on the first day of the presidents visit to Cuba in March 2016. Mr. Obama was the first American president to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. The son of …

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series reflecting on the Apollo 11 mission, 50 years later. About this time 50 years ago, three men returned home from a long journey. They had flown to the moon, planted an American flag in the silver regolith, and fl…

Mr. Esper will now add his voice to the senior Trump national security advisers seeking to influence the president on a range of issues, including how to end the war in Afghanistan, and how to negotiate with Turkey as the country, a longtime North Atlantic Tr…

The Emirati company DP World said in 2017 that it had agreed to invest $336 million under a 30-year contract to expand and run the port in Bosaso. The company pledged $440 million the previous year to develop a port in Somaliland. Qatar moved quickly to capi…

Given its economic, military and technological trajectory, together with its authoritarian model, China, not Russia, represents by far the greater challenge to American objectives over the long term. That means President Trump is correct to try to establish a…

Some of the earliest surviving banknotes and a Cold War nuclear radiation calculator are among 325 historic objects unearthed by the Bank of England to celebrate its 325th anniversary. Britain's central bank is the second oldest in the world after that of Sw…

In April 1949, the poet Pablo Neruda strolled onstage at the First World Congress of Partisans for Peace, in Paris, and apologized for being late. Hed been unavoidably detained, he joked. Over the preceding months, hed lived in hiding, shuttling between a ser…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Images from the Apollo 11 mission were projected onto the Washington Monument in Washington DC Thousands of people have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. On 20 July 1969, the Eagle m…