All of this is a dramatic departure from traditional U.S. diplomacy and only time will tell how it will impact America’s,' future.

After the Vietnam War ended, thousands travelled to Germany. A recent anniversary has stirred a sense of reflection.

The son of Iran's last shah offers to lead the country's democratic transition, warning that the Islamic Republic's survival would bring more bloodshed.

Built on the orders of East German communist politician Erich Honecker to stem the mass emigration of Germans from East ...

A young man takes a large piece of the Berlin Wall in his hands as he tries to hammer a hole in the wall with it, November or December 1989 [Rich Lipski/The Washington Post via Getty Images] ...

Alex Waidmann/ullstein bild via Getty Images But not even barbed wire and the Wall could stop people from fleeing. The efforts to perfect the border fortifications in Berlin continued until 1989.

BERLIN — Germany marks 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities beginning Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!" as Russia's war rages in Ukraine and many fear democracy is ...

One quiet moment Harris captured was of an elderly man in East Berlin, carrying shopping bags filled with potatoes, just two days before the wall fell. “He would have been 65-70, a war veteran ...

Berlin’s 35-year anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Wall began back in July but will ramp up on 9 November when the streets come alive with the ‘Fest der Freiheit’ (Festival for ...

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the cold war's most infamous border.

East Germany closed the border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, and expanded the Wall into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around the capitalist enclave of West Berlin.

Nation & World World AP Photos: 35 years after the Berlin Wall opened, fragments remain Nov. 7, 2024 at 9:13 pm Updated Nov. 8, 2024 at 8:10 am ...