Russian President Vladimir Putin survived an assasination attempt, according to a Euro Weekly News report, quoted by ndtv.com. However, the report did not clarify when the incident took place.  ...

For authoritarians like the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the military can serve a number of functions. Not only is it a key aspect of maintaining control and projecting power, but in Putin's...

Marvel Studios has roped in screenwriter Jeff Loveness to pen the script for its next Avengers movie. Titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, the movie was announced by Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige alo...

Those interested in taking a walking tour of the spots bombed in the city during the Second World War can do so with the help of Break Free Trails. Keep an eye on Break Free Trails’ pages on Fac...

Julie Banerjee Mehta is the author of Dance of Life and co-author of the bestselling biography Strongman: The Extraordinary Life of Hun Sen. She has a PhD in English and South Asian Studies from the U...

The shortfall in economic growth in the April-June quarter against rosier predictions of most, including the central bank, came as a surprise.Few anticipated the gap between expected and actual perfor...

A hug may give the wrong impression. Not just in real life, but in art too. The Australian artist, Peter Seaton, now knows that to his cost, because he has had to paint over the three-story high mural...

Linda Yellen’s 2011 made-for-television film William & Catherine: A Royal Romance chronicles the trials and tribulations of the long courtship that eventually translated into a royal wedding...

The death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday afternoon at her estate in Balmoral, Scotland, marks not just the end of an era but of the final link between Britain’s imperial past and a modern wor...

North Korea's parliament has passed a new law enshrining the right to a preemptive nuclear strike. Leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang would never "bargain" over its nuclear weapons. Nort...