We often discuss how strongmen rise to power. In "How Tyrants Fall", Marcel Dirsus looks at the other side of the story ...

Ethelred van Wessex defeats the Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. 1349: Townspeople of Fulda, Germany, massacre ...

Pitu spent six years investigating the 1989 revolution, which led to the fall of Ceausescu and the collapse of communism in Romania. He told DW that the same type of sound manipulation was ...

As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.

When World War II broke out in 1939, Gajowniczek, now a sergeant, defended Wieluń — the first Polish city attacked by the ...

The attacks, including on the capital, Kyiv, came ahead of ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia in which Ukraine and Russia ...

BCE, ancient Rome witnessed one of the most infamous betrayals in history, the assassination of Julius Caesar. Known as the ...

Esther Ronay, who has died aged 85, was a documentary film-maker who was fearless in challenging the norms of the time; she was also a sometimes formidable character who bucked against the male ...