The Wall stood from 1961 to 1989. It was meant to stop Germans from fleeing the communist East to the more prosperous West ...

Many Americans point to President Reagan's June 1987 "Tear down this wall" speech as a key moment in making the fall of the Berlin Wall a reality, but fewer recall the essential role played by ...

Berlin plans a major redesign of Checkpoint Charlie, adding historical value and highlighting the Cold War in its global ...

What's left of the wall transcends the Cold War. Nov. 4, 2009 -- FULTON, Mo. — Twenty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall has spread around the world, morphing en route from an instrument of ...

The total collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and Lebanon’s political upheaval mirror the events preceding the Soviet Union’s fall. Tehran’s reckless interventions in the Middle ...

A section of the Berlin Wall, gifted to Hudson County more than 15 years ago, has finally found its permanent home in Secaucus’ Laurel Hill Park. Hudson County Executive Craig Guy unveiled the ...