The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was once one of Europe’s largest and most powerful states, built on an unusually free political system and broad religious tolerance. Over time, that same system ...

A powerful European kingdom was erased from the map by its neighbors. Russia, Prussia, and Austria carved up Polish territory through three calculated partitions, exploiting internal conflict and ...

Because of Trump, this new concert can be played out away from the United Nations and the other grandiose 21st century multilateral bodies. Gulf-state politicians seem to understand more instinctively ...

Faced with having to give something to Great Britain under the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France chose to sacrifice the north ...

By the 18th century Britannia had become a powerful allegory of British patriotism and imperial power. The Romans had called the British Isles Britannia in Latin. During the reign of Emperor Hadrian ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Viewer video shows flames shooting from the roof of a Montgomery County home on Saturday night. The fire broke out at approximately 9:30 p.m. on the 600 block ...