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Yet, there’s no denying our past is complicated. I acknowledge and regret the injustices wrought by the British Empire, the ...

The history of the Temple Mount is one of perpetual friction. It was the site of Solomon’s first Temple, later destroyed by ...

The phrase was reportedly first used 250 years ago Sunday by lawyer and legislator Patrick Henry to persuade Virginia ...

Protesters injected politics into an event celebrating a great patriot. They were trying to ruin a historical remembrance ...

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There are several dozen graves from the second world war (and some from the first) in churchyards near my village on ...

Monarchs strive to make their mark on history, but King George V could never have imagined that, almost 90 years after his ...

As Greece counts 200 years from the War of independence and stands proud as a member of the EU, the mind reels to the ...

Trump is not the first American leader to dream of northern expansion. History suggests these designs reveal simmering divisions inside the United States.

The British monarch is hamstrung by tradition and politics from offering a robust defense of the largest country in his realm ...

President Trump has reacted warmly to a report the US could be offered “associate membership” in the British Commonwealth.