For decades, both liberal and conservative American politicians have recognized that the U.S. strengthens its own military and economic interests by being a leader in NATO – and by keeping thousands ...

Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election in which a right-wing nationalist and a pro-European liberal are running ...

A new book delves deep into the rise and fall of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group and its close ties to Vladimir Putin. Nick Schifrin sat down with Candace Rondeaux, author of "Putin's ...

Developed in response to the Soviet downing of a U-2 spy plane, the D-21 was a CIA-backed drone powered by a ramjet and designed for stealth reconnaissance. This video recounts its ambitious design, ...

A look at the worst USAF accidents, including Vietnam transport losses, an air show disaster, and nuclear crashes in Maryland ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

James Bond” creator Ian Fleming didn’t need to write about Cold War intrigue to consider the ways people scheme against each other. “The Shameful Dream,” a rare Fleming work ...

President Donald Trump says he will ease sanctions on Syria and move to normalize relations with its new government to give ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...

Russia's space agency says a Soviet spacecraft fell back to Earth Saturday morning over the Indian Ocean. It was originally headed to Venus, but instead spent more than 50 years orbiting Earth.

On March 31, 1972, the Soviet Union launched a spacecraft as part of a series of unmanned missions to Venus known as the Venera program. But the spacecraft never made it to Venus. Instead, ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to make a ...