The 17th-century Sainte-Ursule Chapel at the famous Sorbonne University is a silent, timeless witness to Paris’ Christian ...

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

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The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) began mainly as a religious civil war in the German-speaking lands, but it ended up as the ...

Manchester City and Real Madrid renew pleasantries in the UEFA Champions League this week after being drawn together in the play-off round.

Toussaint L’Ouverture emerged as the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 1780s, playing a key role in leading the ...

The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...