Hampshire sailor ‘Old Jack’ helped set free 600 slaves destined for a life of servitude in the Persian Gulf (Image: Echo) He ...

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The Crimean War (1853–1856) pitted the Russian Empire against an alliance of Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire, and later Sardinia. Fought over influence, territory, and balance of power, it became ...

"All in the valley of Death, Rode the six hundred". Tennyson’s poem provides the focus for a brand new supplement and a ...

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This photo released by The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) shows displaced families from el-Fasher at a displacement camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, ...

Neither a political process endorsed at the United Nations nor deepening U.S.-Saudi ties change the bleak reality for Palestinians on the ground. The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia was branded a ...