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

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

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

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 ...

Notably, such a bridge had been planned for more than a century, with the first plan dating back to the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. Those plans were completed in 1910 but put on hold due to the ...

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 ...

With each passing day, Armenia is sliding further into dictatorship. The vulgar, even pornographic, language Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has used against the Catholicos of All Armenians and other ...

Despite intensive US efforts to broker a ceasefire and staggering battlefield casualties, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues unabated. Earlier this week, a Russian drone and missile ...

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral (Cathedrale Orthodoxe Russe St. Nicolas) is ranked #20 out of 22 things to do in Nice. ... Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, ...

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

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

Czar Nicholas II had mobilized about 12 million men; casualties — dead, wounded and missing — finally topped 50 percent. The soldiers, illiterate but sturdy peasants, were often misused by ...