The Balkan Wars (1912-1913) proved that the Megali Idea—the nationalist concept and goal to expand the Greek state to include all ethnic Greeks and historically Greek territories—was a tangible dream.

The three-phase ceasefire has raised cautious hopes for an end to the war. Israeli bombardment of Gaza since the Hamas-led October 7 attacks has caused a devastating impact on the territory ...

How will we know when a new Cold War has truly begun? There are, lately, plenty of signs to choose from. In the past few months, China undertook the largest military exercises in the waters around ...

President Donald Trump has missed his deadline for ending the war in Ukraine. Of course, no one truly believed Trump would be able end the grinding, three-year conflict in 24 hours, as he ...

At the end of a war in Gaza in 2021, Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, was photographed sitting in an armchair in his ruined home, a symbol of continuing resistance to Israel. Mr. Sinwar was ...

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian forces recently advanced in the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces have taken some territory, and the Ukrainian regions ...

The family members of a Ukrainian solider killed in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, attend his funeral in Kyiv on Sunday. Donald Trump, who will be sworn into office on Monday, has vowed to quickly ...

The Coronavirus pandemic of 2020 was around 100 years after the Spanish flu. The Balkans War in the late 1990s was stirred up by Slobodan Milosevic in 1989, uttering a clarion call to avenge the ...

In that moment, the idea of The Balkan Kitchen flew into my mind and has refused to give me peace since. I knew then that I needed to set out on a journey to teach myself to cook like the ...

Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3-year-old war. In the past year, Russian troops have slowly but ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of a news ...