IT was in this week of 1889 that one of the most heroic soldiers of the First World War was born. John “Jock” MacGregor is often hailed as ...

India marks its 75th Republic Day with a grand parade down Kartavya Path in New Delhi. But how did a military march become the most significant part of celebrations? A look back at history ...

A commemoration was held in Drakensberg on Friday to mark the 125th anniversary of the Battle of SpionKop and honour the ...

The British Museum, the country's most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer systems, museum ...

Tomi Komoly, who was given the British Empire Medal in 2020 for his work with the Holocaust Educational Trust, remembers ...

The 24-year-old only spoke from the Ashworth Hospital in Liverpool to confirm he could hear the Cardiff Crown Court judge at ...

Mayor says the Isandlwana battlefield will be used to develop the local economy The Battle of Isandlwana took place on 22 January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu ...

Newly uncovered remnants of an army barracks in Colonial Williamsburg offer new clues into the lives of America's first ...

1903 – The Hay-Herrán Treaty was signed by United States Secretary of State John M. Hay and Colombian Chargé Dr. Tomás Herrán ...

Winston Churchill, a man of great passions, including fine dining and spirits, had a special fondness for gin and tonic.

PRAGUE, January 19. /TASS/. About 300 British servicemen and more than 100 military vehicles will travel via the Czech Republic to Romania to take part in the NATO exercise, CTK news agency said.

Babel, whose original derivation from the Hebrew name for Babylon dates even further back to Akkadian—an extinct East Semitic ...