Aryna Sabalenka has become an irresistible force in the women’s singles and a player to beat on tour. With her explosive game ...

Explore this selection of paintings, poems, compositions and more to commemorate Independence Day.

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 ...

David Bowie’s 1987 concert in West Berlin could be heard on the other side of the wall in Eastern Germany.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War, paving the way for German reunification in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

House librarian Tizane Navea-Rogers digs through The Independent’s photography archive and revisits the final days of the Berlin Wall ...

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.

AP Photos: 35 years after the Berlin Wall opened, fragments of East Germany's border remain Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in ...

East Germany’s heavily fortified border opened on Nov. 9, 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin Wall.

The 6,338 pound, 9 ½ feet tall segment of the Berlin Wall on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley got a badly needed cosmetic overhaul this week. Once ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall that separated West and East Berlin from Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, 1989, is known as the monumental event that marked the end of the Cold War. The following year Germany… ...