Exactly 50 years ago, China embarked on what was formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, a decade of tumult launched by Mao Zedong to revive communist goals and enforce a radical...

Crimean Tatars on Sunday celebrated Ukrainian singer Jamala's win at Eurovision with a song that sheds light on their horrific deportations to Central Asia under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but also...

Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson has compared the European Union's aims to those of Adolf Hitler, arguing that the 28-nation bloc is creating a superstate that mirrors the attempt of the Nazi leader to...

CHINA-MAOIST REVIVAL — Fifty years after Mao Zedong unleashed the decade-long Cultural Revolution to reassert his authority and revive his radical communist agenda, the spirit of modern China's...

The Dutch EU Presidency has warned that as the temperature in the Mediterranean gets warmer, more migrants could try to make the crossing, possibly reaching 2014 levels.  “Since the closure...

— The Eurovision Song Contest, possibly the only event in the world where the press kit for accredited journalists includes hair spray, is upon us. Even if you haven't been waiting all year...

A fertility doctor is under house arrest in Italy after a Spanish nurse told authorities some of her eggs were surgically removed without her consent at his clinic. On Friday, Severino Antinori...

Buckingham Palace has released black-and-white images of Queen Elizabeth II as a young girl amid celebrations marking her 90th birthday. The first image shows a young Princess Elizabeth...

VENEZUELA-CHINESE BLUES — It was once billed as a model of socialist fraternity: South America's first high-speed train, powered by Chinese technology, crisscrossing Venezuela to bring...

A Siamese cat recently cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest living cat did not live to enjoy the title. Scooter marked his 30th birthday on March 26. However, owner...