Russian Ambassador Roman Ambarov has honored the volunteers who fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War at a memorial event in South Africa Read Full Article at RT.com ...

BC: Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators in Rome.. 270AD: St Nicholas, ...

In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade ...

In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...

Queen Camilla opted for a sentimental brooch as she attended the Commonwealth Day Reception at Marlborough House. The royal was beaming as she joined King Charles to meet with guests for the annual ...

Only eight years earlier, Henry IV had deposed his cousin Richard II, who died in custody soon afterwards. Richard’s rule was ...

After over 150 years of elegantly cruising at the top, St. Moritz – the world's original ski resort – is finally starting to ...

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In the meantime, the assassinations started piling up. In 1904, Governor-General Nikolai Bobrikov was the first to be taken down by the Finns. Soon after, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, a relative ...

UK-based, pan-European distributor Trinity CineAsia has acquired theatrical rights from Beijing Enlight Media for ...

Scotland is an old hand at state visit pageantry – and well versed in heckling the great and the good, writes Royal commentator Alastair Bruce ...