In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had ...

French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia.

No disease man can ever spread will be as deadly as war. In the 21st century, an age in which even the most destitute on the ...

Against all odds and countless financial challenges, Joan Laporta is still standing, smiling, as Barcelona's club president.

But these assumptions are shattered by the appearance of the Mule, a mutant with extraordinary powers and millions of devoted ...

This site would be of little more than anecdotal interest were it not for the very interesting texts on Roman civilization.

The world as we know it today has been shaped by battles that altered the course of history and defined global power dynamics ...

Haiti is best understood in the contexts of the modern world as an American neocolonial protectorate. Besides US policy in ...

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives for a ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, died on Tuesday at 96, but the anti-immigration and ...

A polarizing figure in French politics, Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting ...