Refugees who poured into the country a decade ago fared better when they landed in the more prosperous West, an enduring ...

FIFA recalls the pulsating showdown that marked the first — and last — clash between East and West Germany at the FIFA World Cup.

On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West for the first time in decades. The news was heralded around the world.

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

50 years ago, August 13, 1961 marked the date the Berlin Wall was "constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). This wall was built to cut off West Berlin from surrounding East ...