Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes... The post Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the publication, on Christmas Day, of a treaty between himself and the crowned ...

2024; Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces he is stepping down. On the same day, Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House. Also, ...

The late American historian Paul Schroeder’s interpretation of the causes of World War I focuses on the breakdown of a ...

Several hundred people have been unable to put out the fire in the south, which has blazed over thousands of square meters ...

Local Ukrainian officials and emergency services say at least three people were killed in Kyiv after Russia launched a mass ...

As Russia and Ukraine prepare to discuss a possible cease-fire on power infrastructure, each side appears to be trying to ...

As Russian and Ukrainian delegations meet for cease-fire discussions with US officials in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Moscow's troops are intensifying their attacks on Kyiv's positions on the front ...

It may still be too early to judge, but as cease-fires go, this certainly doesn’t look like one. And unless Russian and ...

Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of blowing up a Russian gas pumping station in a border area where Ukrainian ...

Hundreds of Russians placed flowers at Crocus City Hall in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk Saturday, paying homage a year on ...