Dar es Salaam. Six key World War 1 battles were fought on African soil, according to the History Channel; two of those were fought in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) between British and German ...

An early 20th-century postage stamp was a clear marker of national identity. In Ireland, which was then part of the United ...

Historically, empires have gone to great lengths to secure potash, a mineral critical to agricultural production.

The doughboys hated British chow (not to mention drinking tea instead of coffee). They got along better with the Australians, ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

In short, the British dismissed the United States as a haven for blackguards and hypocrites. The long years of fighting Napoleon’s ambitions for a world empire had hardened the British into an ...

Oral copulation, sensual massages, and a smattering of F-words all help bring the pre-war murder-mystery into the more ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned lawmakers for the unusual Saturday sitting, only the sixth since World War II, to back a bill primarily aimed at blocking British Steel’s Chinese owners ...

Ministers said British Steel's owners, China's Jingye Group (600768.SS), opens new tab, had wanted to shut the furnaces at the loss-making Scunthorpe plant after they rejected a government funding ...

While Peaky Blinders is often celebrated for its gritty violence, sharp suits and the fierce charisma of Tommy Shelby, the women of the series have quietly and sometimes boldly reshaped its entire nar ...