Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt ...

In 1813, following his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon faced a desperate battle to save his empire. His enemies were ...

Napoleon crowned himself emperor on December 2, 1804, turning the French Republic into the French Empire, with a Bonaparte line of succession. He felt that this provision for continuity was ...

Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...

To mark the 220th anniversary of Napoleon's coronation, an immersive virtual reality experience will plunge the general ...

With a reign lasting 31 years, 7 months, and 23 days (11,560 days), Pius IX holds the record for the longest verified papacy. He presided over a time of great political and theological upheaval, ...

EDITORIAL. President Emmanuel Macron has made a significant gesture by publicly admitting that forcing the Republic of Haiti ...

France's demand that Haiti pay it an indemnity to compensate dispossessed French slave-owners when the nation became ...

However, the vital importance of oil to the evolution of human civilisation had to wait until after the Second World War when the capitalist mode of production was clearly seen to be in triumphant ...

The Mounira cinema offers the chance to discover short and medium-length films by young Egyptian filmmakers every Monday ...

Some chapters in history read like full-blown thrillers. Moments where world leaders stared down disaster and a single ...