Tradition and bonhomie in Lisbon
Ritalinos, a restaurant in the heart of the Portuguese capital with the city in its heart
The secret plan to murder a pope
Forty-five years after the attempt on John Paul II’s life, the Kremlin has yet to be officially blamed.
Young Hungarians get first taste of a new era
In Budapest, the victory party felt like an independence celebration.
I’ve lost 62 percent of my life to war
With Lebanon under a new invasion by Israel, its people are calculating the toll from years of conflict.
Revolution redux
The early Soviet writer Vladimir Zazubrin’s depictions of cruelty and violence have largely been forgotten. It’s time to change that.
At both center and edge in the Strait of Hormuz
In Oman a decade ago, remembering everyday life at a global chokepoint