When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

The other day I was slicing a big loaf of dark Italian bread from a bakery; it is a pleasure to carve thick hunks of hearty bread to ready for the toaster. While I was happily slicing the loaf, the ...

President Donald Trump said the US is "at war" while responding to a question about his invocation of the Alien Enemies Act ...

Group Captain John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, the last Battle of Britain veteran, passed away on St Patrick’s Day at a Dublin nursing home. The 105-year-old Dubliner was shot down four times by the Nazis ...

The Julian Historical Society has acquired several historic sites now open as museums, including the Washington Mine, the Santa Ysabel School at Witch Creek (moved to Julian near the Pioneer Museum), ...

As the world's glaciers melt they are revealing thousands of incredible ancient artefacts, but can you tell what they are?

A federal judge Monday told the U.S. government to prepare to provide answers into allegations by civil rights groups that ...

A retrospective at New York’s Film Forum honors the French director, who brought wit and imagination to his movies even as he ...

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge's order temporarily ...

Since the 16th century the Muscovite state has had many names – Rossiya, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the ...