In the early years of the twilight struggle against the Soviet Union—as Joseph Stalin solidified control over Central and Eastern Europe—the United States established Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ...

Mugabe is the first foreigner to have an honorary knighthood withdrawn since Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, the day before his execution. Until recently some officials had reportedly ...

Set over one week in 1978, it follows Victor Godeanu (Alec Secareanu), trusted advisor to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, as he navigates a knotty secret life. Already a double agent for the ...

BUCHAREST, April 12 (Reuters) - Romanian hard-right opposition leader George Simion, the favourite to win a presidential election re-run, said he is the only candidate who could stop a potential ...

KARACHI: President Nicolae Ceausescu was accorded a cordial welcome when he arrived in Karachi from Manila yesterday afternoon [April 13] on a two-day visit at the invitation of Prime Minister ...

The tragicomedy “climaxes with the bang of a firecracker in a highly unlikely pair of hands, effectively kicking off the revolution” that ousted Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.

Five states − South Carolina, Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma and Idaho − have legalized firing squads as an execution method but Mahdi's is only the fifth such execution since 1977. A firing ...

The tragicomedy “climaxes with the bang of a firecracker in a highly unlikely pair of hands, effectively kicking off the revolution” that ousted Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. More from Deadline ...

Mikal Mahdi, 42, was executed for the 2004 murder of 56-year-old James Myers A man facing the death penalty for committing two murders was executed by firing squad on Friday, the second such ...

South Carolina executed another convicted murderer by firing squad on Friday night, the second such execution in the state. The inmate, Mikal Mahdi, 41, was declared dead shortly after 6 p.m ...

They marched him naked to the place of execution, and before climbing the steps to the gallows, Bonhoeffer paused to pray. “This is the end — for me, the beginning of life,” he reportedly said.