Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...

The Franco-Prussian War didn’t just redraw borders - it ended the Second French Empire and launched the rise of a unified ...

In 1862, France invaded Mexico under Emperor Napoleon III, citing unpaid debts as a pretext to expand French influence and establish a monarchy in the Americas. Amidst Mexico's internal strife and ...

So, for example, a 1909 map [Political Divisions of the Indian Empire by The Indian Gazetteer] shows Burma as British India, and Nepal and Bhutan as princely states — they’re in yellow exactly ...

Incredible map shows every country that's been invaded by Britain - only 20 never were During its history, Britain invaded the territory of more than 170 countries, equivalent to almost 90% of the ...

Part of the French Riviera was struck by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake this week, but it's not just the south east of France that is at risk from future seismic activity.

France is heading towards difficult budgetary trade-offs to reconcile its commitment to lower budget deficits while increasing defence spending given France’s role in strengthening Europe’s ...

Patrick Drahi is the French billionaire at the helm of telecoms giant Altice, the fourth-largest cable television provider in the US. REUTERS Drahi’s longtime business partner and Altice co ...

"The gendarmes on it." "Humans are useless." Kino Lorber has finally revealed an official US trailer for The Empire, the strange French sci-fi film from filmmaker Bruno Dumont. After first being ...

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission honors the memory of fallen members of the former British Empire around the world. In France, 400 of the institution's employees watch over the resting ...