At gigantic open-air concerts in Berlin, Frankfurt and Gelsenkirchen, Germany, the 75-year-old rock star from New Jersey has interspersed short but poignant political speeches to describe the dangers ...

It stood for 28 years, painfully dividing East and West Germany. But the Berlin Wall finally came down on November 9, 1989.

Barnsley Council's planning board has granted full permission for the initial phase of 216 homes on land between Barugh Green ...

An academic who lost her career and became a refugee when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan has been conferred as a ...

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah, urged Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to step down now if he ...

Europe and the United States should not give a lifeline to the Iranian leadership under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei through talks when his rule is "closer every day" to ending, the son of Iran's ousted ...

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.

Nov. 9 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the iconic barrier that completely enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 and symbolized the height of Cold War tensions.

So many people left, however, that East German leaders decided they must fortify the country’s border and build a wall through divided Berlin. Soldiers and police rolled out barbed wire ...

U.S. President Ronald Reagan, commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, addresses on June 12, 1987, the people of West Berlin at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near the Berlin Wall.

Young people sit on the Berlin wall (GDR border) after the opening of the DDR border (Picture: Getty Images) ‘It accelerated the decline – and ultimately the end – of the Soviet Union two ...