China claims Taiwan as its own and says that it is prepared to invade, especially if Taiwan declares its independence. But ...

In May 1960 an American U-2 spy plane flew over Russian missile sites. The US thought it was beyond the reach of Soviet air ...

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Led by Weirton area clergy, close to 30 residents gathered at the steps of the Municipal Building Thursday, offering prayers ...

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The author’s archly modulated, precise prose has lost none of its power in this immensely readable collection of short stories ...

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

Blue Velvet director David Lynch loves most art, but there is one dastardly Disney song that he hates so much that he likens it to "having a disease".

Yes, give us human beings credit. In our relatively brief history, it’s no small thing to have come up with two different ways of thoroughly devastating ...

The following is a snapshot of the papacies of the 11 popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed ...

A strategic export triumph The BrahMos missile, co-developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya, is named after two rivers—the ...