Amidst the list of America’s founding fathers who are inextricably linked with the 4th of July, one name sticks out: George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin. Pyotr Ilyich ...

On the same day, King Leopold II gives Congo, previously a private possession, to Belgium. 1898: Joshua Slocum completes the first solo circumnavigation of the world. 1900: In an effort to stem ...

Inside the world of British jeweler, silversmith, and goldsmith Mappin & Webb as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

By Harut Sassounian With each passing day, Armenia is sliding further into dictatorship. The vulgar, even pornographic, ...

Guercino’s King David has now joined its two companion works at the National Gallery, settling £5.6m in inheritance tax ...

Since the late 1970s the Nationalist Party has sought as its main ideological beacon Christian Democracy and subsequently established strong links with Italy's Democrazia Cristiana. Over the span of ...

The last Romanov emperor, Nicholas II, owned 21 of these portrait figures, two of which depict the Cossack bodyguards of the Romanov empresses. This article examines the hardstone figures through ...

The 50 salvaged cases of cognac brandy and 15 cases of herbal liqueur were originally intended for the aristocracy of Russia.

Larissa Swirski was the only triple agent operating in Spain during World War II and a key figure in the battle for control of the western Mediterranean. 'Queen of Hearts' rescues her story in the ...

Human Rights Watch wrote on May 22 that “Russian attacks in Ukraine since January 2025 have killed and injured more civilians ...

Despite intensive American efforts to broker a ceasefire and staggering battlefield casualties, Russia’s full-scale invasion ...