The historian Barbara Tuchman viewed the map of history as a lattice work of marches of folly. Mark Carney recently warned we ...

The Kalevala, a poetic epic filled with myth, reflects the shared roots between Finnish and Karelian cultures.

New photographs obtained by Finland’s YLE show trees cleared, military trucks arriving, and construction underway at a long-abandoned base in Petrozavodsk as Moscow prepares infrastructure to ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

Athletes from around the world are arriving in Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics, which begins on February 6.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the question “the one remaining item” in Abu Dhabi peace talks. Russia disputed that.

Before the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games begin, here’s a look back at every host city of the Winter Olympics. This year marks the ...

In what is potentially the world's most expensive parking ticket, a Russian-registered Antonov An-124 has remained locked in a frozen embrace with the tarmac at Toronto Pearson Airport. Stranded for ...

After a week of escalating rhetoric over Greenland, Donald Trump says he has now secured "total access" to the Arctic island.

Trump has backed away from using force against Greenland but that doesn’t leave Europe any safer, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley ...

Moscow lets it be known how it feels about Trump’s threats against Denmark.

"Europe’s relevance will depend on its readiness to live in a world without the Atlantic alliance," writes Ivan Krastev ...