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 ...

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 ...

There is a deliberate policy by the Kremlin to exile, neutralise, and effectively erase alternative political life within the country, reports ...

The Soviet Union’s 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, which resulted in heavy casualties and a humiliating climbdown, was a significant factor in the collapse of that regime in 1989. Peace is potentially ...

Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG) has awarded a contract for the construction of intra-terminal tunnels at Terminal 5 (T5) ...