At the height of its power, Islam once controlled vast territories: from Morocco to China and from Russia down to sub-Saharan Africa. The rise of the European colonial empires, notably those of ...

Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph ...

Thank you for celebrating a century of film in Malta. What a century it has been! 100 years of amazing stories. Malta may be a small country. But Malta is an ambitious nation. And it is that ambition ...

Former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren reveals the “original sin” and decades-long miscalculation that led to this moment — ...

In later years, he also suffered from severe gout which made walking difficult. Reign in Spain As Charles’s empire grew, he reluctantly embraced the lifestyle of a wandering monarch. After the death ...

Another foe was the Ottoman Empire, whose sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, boasted a court of equal extravagance. The Holy Roman Empire halted the Ottoman advance into Europe at the 1529 Siege of ...

It was another mixed day for the European majors on Wednesday. The DAX30 saw red for a 2 nd consecutive day, falling by 0.23%, while the CAC40 and EuroStoxx600 rose by 0.45% and 0.08% respectively.