Franklin, whose famous inventions included the lightning rod and bifocal glasses, reportedly suggested back in 1784 that ...

Dominic and Tom launch into one of the most consequential events of all time: the outbreak of the First World War.

The two committed to stop attacking each other after the worst outbreak of hostilities in years. But the underlying causes ...

Today, countries are unwilling to extradite their leaders to international courts and many prefer to settle the scores on ...

Ten months after the Assad regime fell, families from devastated cities such as Idlib and Raqqa have been able to visit ...

Welcome to a bonus edition of the War Room. On top of your regular dispatches from Shashank, I’ll be writing an edition, every month, all about military history. I have been a correspondent for The ...

For more than seven decades, the ROK–U.S. alliance has stood as an ironclad partnership, shaping not only the security of the Korean Peninsula but also the broader trajectory of the Republic of Korea ...

Lebanon and Syria announced Friday the opening of a new chapter in their relations nearly 10 months after the ouster of ...

During the First World War, fears about advancing technology sparked stories of mysterious "Foo Fighters" and the so-called Airship Scare, as people imagined German airships devastating cities. This ...

A young Bosnian Serb had one plan to free his people from the monarchy of Austria-Hungary: kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the crown. The intricate assassination plan ended up setting off a ...

Scientists exploring a World War II weapons dumpsite in the Baltic Sea have discovered swarms of sea creatures thriving on the surfaces of long-abandoned explosives thought to be toxic to marine life.