The number of ex-diplomats in Parliament will swell to seven when new National MP Paul Foster-Bell joins the Government next month. Mr Foster-Bell, a career diplomat, will leave behind the ...

Mud, blood, and barbed wire. To an Allied soldier in the trenches of the Western Front in 1917, that seemed to be the future as well as the present. He had good reason for his fatalism. When the First ...

Barbed wire shaped the American West, but it kills, injures and blocks migrating wildlife. Some ranchers are trying high-tech alternatives that could reduce the need for it. On a list of the most ...

Earlier this month, the Hungarian government, scrambling to seal its southern border against the influx of North African and Middle Eastern refugees trying to reach Germany, placed a bid for 10,000 ...

Kids examine a tiny droid at Seattle's Museum of Flight, one of about 2,000 museums taking part in this year's Blue Star Museums program. (Museum of Flight) Want to explore more than 2,000 varieties ...

ARMAS EXPLAINS HOW THAT TERRAIN MEXICO AND MEXICO. SOME CLOSED OFF BY STEEL WALLS. OTHER AREAS BARDED FENCES >> SEVERAL MILES IS NORMANDY FENCING. DOZENING MILES IS ONLY BARBED WIRE. >> THAT'S ALL THE ...