The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.

Chancellor Merz may find it difficult to maintain the generous social welfare regime that Germans have benefitted from for decades.

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world.’ ...

“The last East German champion was Hansa Rostock. But the Dynamo team usually won everything because Erich Mielke, the head ...