In this episode of General Knowledge, we talk about the Kingdom of Arles. Throughout Medieval Europe we can find a number of ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

This is the sixteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

Since "The Empire Strikes Back," the movies have swung between messianic heroism and a more accommodating vision of how ...

Francis had led the Roman Catholic church since Benedict XVI resigned in 2013. Born in Argentina, he is the first pope from ...

The Speed Project’ is unsanctioned, dangerous and not exactly legal. But for the runners who land a coveted invite, it’s ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

The pan-Germanic imperialism after the German unification in 1871 was primarily directed towards the East under the motto ...

VE Day will be honoured and remembered with dedicated programming across TV, iPlayer, Radio and Sounds marking the 80th ...

He held that, "The most remarkable contrast in the political map of modern Europe is that ... resources for fleet-building, and the empire of the world would then be within its grasp. This might ...

President tells reporters he has his ‘own deadline’ for reaching a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow – but insists he is ...

Baker and Gorbachev were discussing German reunification ... because they had never wanted to be part of Stalin’s “empire by imposition” symbolized by the Warsaw Pact.