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Kozo Okamoto, Last Survivor of 1972 Lod Airport Attack, Dies in Beirut

The PFLP announced his death on Thursday, closing a decades-long chapter after his 1985 release and long residency under Lebanese protection.

Pawlikowski’s Fatherland Gets Trailer and Fall Theatrical Release After Cannes Best Director Win

Hasso Herschel, Tunnel Builder Who Helped About 1,000 Flee East Germany, Dies at 91

Iran Appeals to Pope, Sets New Rules for Hormuz Passage

Former FSB Officer Says He Escaped Kremlin Hit Squad by Hiding in a Cow Carcass

WDR Marks 50 Years Since Michael Gartenschläger Exposed GDR Border Traps and Was Killed in a Stasi Ambush

At Bay of Pigs Anniversary, Cuba Signals Readiness as U.S. Weighs Options

Netflix’s ‘Miracle: The Boys of ’80’ Reexamines the ‘Miracle on Ice’ With New Footage and Player Revelations

Ponies Bows on Peacock With Full Season and Rising Buzz

Reykjavik-Era KGB–CIA Drama Gets Pre-Premiere at Yeltsin Library Ahead of NTV Debut

OVG Münster Orders Haus der Geschichte to Reveal Sellers of Schabowski Note

Steinmeier Warns German Democracy Faces Greatest Threat Since Berlin Wall's Fall

Margaret Atwood Says Real-World Politics, Not the Book Itself, Power 'Handmaid's Tale' Resonance

Berlin Poll Finds Strong Support for DDR Remembrance and School Trips to Memorials

Reports Say Eli Cohen’s Remains Could Soon Be Returned to Israel

35 Years After Reunification, Germany's East–West Divide Endures

National Archives Posts 22-Minute 'Roswell Incident' Video With Contested Crater Image

Francisco Serrano Wins 2025 Tusquets Prize for 'El corazón revolucionario del mundo'

ZDF’s Adenauer–de Gaulle Drama Wins Primetime With 2.85 Million Viewers

Oliver North Marries Fawn Hall in Private Virginia Ceremony