Dominique Meyer, the French director of Milan's opera, is due to step down in early March. He will be replaced by an Italian, as has been the case in many of the country's cultural institutions since ...

The Fifth Republic, the brainchild of Charles de Gaulle, was crafted in 1958 to drag France out of crisis. For decades, it worked like clockwork—a system centered around a strong presidency that could ...

It depicts Marianne – the symbol of Liberty – in reference ... is a reminder of the fragility of these rights within French democracy, and that society must remain vigilant to protect them ...

The hulking edifice has been described as both a triumph of Brutalist architecture and a monumental eyesore. Now, however you ...

Is there a difference between the Hitler salute and the Roman salute? Danny Bird explores the story of an instantly ...

For some, a secular state is the foundation of an open society, which allows both faith and blasphemy. For others, secularism ...

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, survivor Tova Friedman says she thought she was the "only Jewish ...

The U.S. military’s recruiting troubles came just as it was attempting a fundamental shift in its mission. For decades, the ...

Analysis - With terrorists' attacks still on the rise, across and around the Sahel, the continuous Sudan violent armed conflict must be more than worrying. Indeed, it affects all its neighbors.

After the war, it became an enduring symbol of the Holocaust ... Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and French President Emmanuel Macron attended the ceremony, as did Germany’s President Frank-Walter ...