They site that George Washington's lack of connection to the State means his image is "less meaningful" as a symbol to the ...

The NPP government had come to power mainly on the slogan to finally end the 76-year curse that began, as they said, the day the Union Jack was unfurled and, in its stead, the Lion flag hoisted to ...

Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.

Türkiye's first lady Emine Erdoğan visited the Yunus Emre Institute (YEE) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Upon her arrival, she was ...

The North American Vexillological Association — it brands itself as the world’s largest club for flag enthusiasts — has settled on five basic rules for good flag design. They even distilled the rules ...

History does not really repeat itself, not exactly. But with both a bachelor's and a master's in history, I can't help but ...

Before Nelson, no decisive blow was made against the French. But with Nelson came a series of crushing defeats, most notably at Aboukir Bay in 1798 and Trafalgar in 1805. All hopes of invasion went up ...

The age of empires seemed to be a thing of the past. But now there are signs that some world leaders hanker after imperial ...

The Chagos fiasco may yet do for Keir Starmer. As well as being calamitous in itself, it confirms the negatives that voters ...

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

Over the past few weeks the new US president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should“take back” the Panama Canal and that ...