Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.

World War II was tank-heavy, as both the Allied and Axis powers fielded thousands of the behemoths. Tanks fought from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the fields of France and deserts of North ...

In 1933, Stanwell Place was acquired by Sir John Gibson, a civil engineer who received a knighthood in 1945 for his contributions during World War II ... lands were abandoned, later being ...

Libya has struggled to recover from years of conflict after the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that overthrew longtime strongman Moamer Kadhafi. It remains split between Dbeibah's government in the ...

Theo Burman is a Newsweek Live News Reporter based in London, U.K. He writes about U.S. politics and international news, with a focus on infrastructure and technology. He has covered technological ...

JERUSALEM: Israeli tank fire killed a UN worker in Gaza last month, according to initial findings from an investigation released on Thursday by Israel’s military, which initially denied ...

This surprisingly entertaining film examines the 1975 fiscal crisis that nearly led the city to bankruptcy. The movie’s conclusions remain relevant today. By Alissa Wilkinson Tom Hardy is a ...

The kayas, created as of the 16th century but abandoned by the 1940s, are now regarded as the abodes of ancestors and are revered as sacred sites and, as such, are maintained as by councils of elders.

Mapungubwe developed into the largest kingdom in the sub-continent before it was abandoned in the 14th century. What survives are the almost untouched remains of the palace sites and also the entire ...