Long seen as defunct, the Monroe Doctrine is being invoked once again as a blueprint for assertive US foreign policy.

The formation of the United States of the Ionian Islands under British rule in Greece is a little known period of the country ...

Buried beneath the Caribbean Sea for over 300 years, the San José shipwreck has finally been uncovered, revealing an unimaginable treasure worth a staggering $17 billion.

The stories of history’s greatest empires reveal a recurring pattern: conquest without restraint, expansion without limits and an inevitable fall ...

The rumor came from Denmark's former Minister of Greenland Tom Høyem. A British journalist contradicted the claim.

Discovery of more than 800 whetstones, used to sharpen weapons, seen as one of the most significant finds in northern England for a century ...

Spanktown, name thusly after an early settler publicly took his spouse across his knee and chastised her, was to play an ...

In the early 20th century, another New York mogul eyed control of the area for U.S. and other foreign interests ...

WIDESPREAD interest throughout the British Empire and elsewhere was aroused by the Imperial Conference, attended by statesmen and representatives from the constituent parts of the Empire, which ...

More than 600 artefacts relating to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth have been stolen More than 600 artefacts relating to the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth have been ...

London (AFP) – More than 600 items, including military medals and jewellery from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire, were stolen from a UK ...

More than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a U.K. museum in September, police said Thursday. Avon and ...