Legend’ hit theaters, but neither the filmmakers nor the audience seemed entirely sure what the movie was about ...

The novelist Thomas Mallon's journals reveal a side of the '80s that the standard gay histories—and standard conservative histories—tend to ignore.

During the Cold War, the CIA may have had as much success with books and magazines as with gun-running and spies.

Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the ...

News about Mikhail S. Gorbachev, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The rumors that China’s Xi Jinping has been ousted, or is on the verge of losing power, have drawn the attention of China ...

The nearly 100-year-old grand dame of Downtown Easton hotels has been sold Grand Eastonian Hotel & Suites in the 100 block of Northampton Street has been purchased by CanalHouse Hospitality ...

Like Spain after Franco, La Stampa’s Bernard Guetta argues, Iran faces a crucial choice between authoritarian decay and democratic renewal. Before time runs out.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is entering trade negotiations with a grand strategy inspired by his understanding of what the ...

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country.In a statement, the Russian ...

Today in Music History for July 2: ...