The transfer of Britain’s “last African colony” to Mauritius has sparked deep opposition, mistrust, and disappointment from ...

Aga Khan III was born into a privileged lifestyle, patronised by British rule in India. While he was active in the ...

But, as Betjeman noted at the time, and as Ashley Jackson reminds us in this magisterial book, there was another vast power bloc involved in the struggle and – unlike the latecoming US and USSR – ...

America is marking Presidents' Day with protests against President Trump's policies, including government cuts and ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

Roman emperor Augustus understood, just as Donald Trump does, that to stand at the head of a superpower is to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world.

In 1971, the Shah of Iran threw a huge three-day party to celebrate 2,500 years of the Persian Empire. More than 60 world leaders and heads of state were invited to a lavish tent city in the middle of ...

Ukraine has not been invited to a key meeting between American and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia this week to decide what ...