The Iron Cross, one of the most widely recognized military decorations, originated during the Napoleonic Wars in 1813 when ...

Last week we looked at Prussia’s Soldier King, Frederick Wilhelm I, and what he meant for Prussian history. As he ascended to ...

On Jan. 25, 2006, the militant Islamic group Hamas, calling for destruction of Israel, scored a stunning victory in the ...

On Jan. 25, 2006, the militant Islamic group Hamas, calling for destruction of Israel, scored a stunning victory in the ...

Observing the tussle for Greenland, it is hard not to recall Karl Marx’s aphorism that history repeats itself “the first time ...

The crusades to the Holy Land were a consuming obsession of Latin Christianity for four centuries and remain among the most famous episodes of the Middle Ages. Yet, in the perspective of history, they ...

President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the ...

Belleau Wood is where the Marine Corps became the legend we know of today. It's the battle that gave birth to the term "Devil ...

However, prior to the rise of the United States as a great power, saviour of Europe and later as a superpower, the European ...

In 1891, a well-known Casper doctor and drunk was thrown in the local jail after a fight with another doctor. Known for his ...

Pakistan, Jan. 22 -- "Look there, Sancho Panza, where thirty or forty hulking giants appear, whom I intend to do battle with and slay." - (Don Quixote) Part 1, Chapter VIII ...

The Philippines has long held a reputation as a compassionate and welcoming archipelago. Over the last century, we have ...