How Ancient India Transformed the World' looks back at the time when India was at its prime—for a whole millennium, the ...

Over the course of the Second World War, Allied forces — American and British — carried out 173 air raids over the German ...

The 2026 Mark Lynton History Prize has been awarded to William Dalrymple for his book, “THE GOLDEN ROAD: How Ancient India Transformed the World”. for combining “literary grace, commitment to serious ...

George Arliss was the first British actor to win an Oscar. A play actor originally, Arliss first starred in the 1911 Louis Napoleon Parker play "Disraeli," which was later turned first into a silent ...

At the start of his second term, President Trump surveyed the slowly rotting swamp that was the post-Cold War landscape, and ...

An Italian woman had reached out to an Irish woman to express her deep sadness at the death of Clonakilty-born special agent ...

The sentinels at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier keep a permanent watch on the tomb, although dangerous weather conditions ...

Audrey Hepburn's quote, "Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to ...

March 13 falls on Friday this year. Even though you may think Friday the 13th is cursed, some great things have happened on this date.

Today is Friday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2026. There are 293 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 13, 2013, ...

Today is Friday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2026. There are 293 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the papal name Francis. He was ...

The story of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in 1939 remains one of the most cited lessons in the law of neutrality. During her commerce-raiding mission in the South Atlantic and Indian ...