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The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran put a resounding period on the end of a sentence that international leaders have been composing since... Read More

80 years after Churchill delivered his famed “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, his clear-eyed warning about the dangers of... Read More

The Strait of Hormuz became a fraught passage in the Tanker War between Iran and Iraq. Nevertheless, the oil continued to flow. Read More

The Portland spy ring trial began on 13 March 1961. The BBC reported on a Cold War tale of espionage, adultery, exorcism – and a... Read More

All soldiers going into battle had to have courage—none more so than the glider pilots of World War II. Read More

In June 1940, as France collapsed and Britain faced the prospect of resisting the Nazis alone, Winston Churchill searched for a French leader... Read More

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a conspiracy... Read More

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Tax the rich. Trash the tariffs. End monopolies. Such are the rallying calls of many of today's most heated... Read More

Only last week I found out that the last military action of the English Civil War actually took place in the American colonies. Read More

The United States may not be in the midst of a spiritual revival, as President Donald Trump toutedduring the State of the... Read More

The patriots weaponized Jane McCrea’s death to demonize their enemies and paint Indigenous people as uniquely violent Read More

This tool was invented to solve a dangerous problem in childbirth. Read More

Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia circa 3600/3500 BCE. It is considered the most... Read More

There’s something kind of magical about looking at stuff from the past; it’s like a tiny peek into how people lived, worked, and... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Military confrontations, early-morning attacks, and digital warfare: the story of Iran and the U.S. from the 1979 Iranian revolution to the... Read More

Explore Henry Knox's legendary expedition to move nearly 60 tons of artillery across lakes, rivers, and mountain passes in January 1776. Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn about the life of mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria. Read More

The impact of the wide-ranging laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylon from 4,000 years ago. Read More

An ambitious chronicle spans four centuries of escapes and uprisings in the Americas Read More

A bird’s eye view of the U.S. reveals perpendicular streets, rectangular fields, and uniformity in both urban and rural landscapes.... Read More

Reads that shed light on the origins of today’s conflict—and Tehran’s possible future. Read More

Directed by James Whale, the 1935 movie and its prequel, a 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, laid the groundwork for the... Read More

The USS Arizona sank just nine minutes after being bombed, and its 1,177 dead account for nearly half the servicemen killed in the attack. Read More

The Torsk’s sinking of the Japanese vessel marked the last U.S. submarine kill for over eight decades — that is until March 3, 2026. Read More

At 5:04 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989, San Francisco began to shake. The Loma Prieta earthquake caused widespread destruction. Across the... Read More

A pre-invasion exercise at Slapton Sands went horribly wrong, and senior Allied commanders covered up the serious losses and breach of D-Day... Read More

After the Battle of Bunker Hill, British forces entrenched themselves in Boston, where they were encircled by the Continental Army under the... Read More

What William Grimes wanted John Quincy Adams to know about freedom on the 50th anniversary of the country’s founding Read More

Some people are put on earth to do more than one big thing. Winston S. Churchill was such a man. If he had just been the new prime minister... Read More

Today, India, despite global scrutiny, has maintained a principled partnership with Iran, balancing its energy and strategic interests with... Read More

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in shaping... Read More

On the banks of the Rhine rises one of the most recognizable structures in Europe — a cathedral whose story spans centuries of faith,... Read More

The decision to turn Haga Sophia from a museum back into a mosque sheds light on a broader truth about the reality of religious pluralism:... Read More

Mary Stuart's father reportedly predicted that the Scottish throne would end with a woman. But no one could have foreseen the many twists... Read More

Phones have transformed since Alexander Graham Bell’s first call. Sprawling box sets and rotary dials led to push but... Read More

The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More