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Relive the dramatic fall of Constantinople in 1453, the siege that ended the Byzantine Empire and reshaped world history. This video explores the Ottoman assault led by Sultan Mehmed II, the massive ...

Croatia has marked the anniversary of the fall of the eastern town of Vukovar, which was demolished by the Serb-led Yugoslav ...

PARIS -- Sophie Dias fought tears outside the Stade de France on Thursday as she described her “void that never closes” since ...

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The first trial has opened of some of the hundreds of suspects linked to deadly clashes in Syria's coastal provinces that quickly spiraled into sectarian attacks earlier this year.

PARIS — Coordinated terrorist attacks turned Paris into a theater of blood and calamity 10 years ago Thursday, with gunfire ...

Two and a half centuries after Henry Knox hauled 60 tons of artillery to help end the siege of Boston, historians are still ...