Today, while many autocrats proclaim their commitment to the  common man, they are chiefly in it for the money.

That's the question most of you probably answered instinctively: in 2014, when Vladimir Putin, exploiting political ...

The new age of interventionism is now in full swing. Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela reinforced a trend that has been growing since the attack on the World Trade Center. Before that, you had the ...

Every survey of world governance shows democracy is in retreat. Meanwhile, dictators prosper and multiply. How can we save ...

Nicolas Maduro is the former President of Venezuela. He’s been in power since 2013 and has been accused of being a dictator ...

Aldrich Ames, the Central Intelligence Agency spy who was sentenced to life in prison for selling secrets to Moscow, costing ...

In Russia’s public museums today, antiquarian statuary depicting naked Roman or Greek figures is condemned by the Kremlin as ...

On Jan. 3, 1924, two years after rediscovering the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt, Howard Carter and his workers found ...

Soviet New Years, a ritual that survived the country’s dissolution, may be in danger of slipping away.

Rob Dannenberg was the US spy chief in Russia early in Vladimir Putin's rule - and believes he understands the dictator ...

More than a decade ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, sparking one of aviation’s most baffling ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong’s New Year celebrations. Not this year. The ...