On the morning of 30 July 1929, a man carrying a small axe entered the upper terrace of the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura and struck one of its principal branches several
A newly declassified trove of Cold War-era documents has unveiled a decades-long secret at the icy heart of NATO’s northern frontier: Denmark, long a staunch advocate of non-nuclear policy, secretly allowed the
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In 1992, a disheveled man arrived at the gates of the British embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania. At first glance, he looked more like a pensioner running errands than a man about to
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by Eric The history of slavery is multifaceted and far-reaching, often portrayed through a narrow lens that predominantly focuses on African enslavement. However, Chinese immigrants in America also endured various forms of
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A ruling by an Egyptian court has cast a shadow over the future of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai — the world’s oldest continuously operating Christian monastic community — raising fears of
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A British historian has reignited one of England’s greatest historical mysteries, claiming she has uncovered compelling evidence that the infamous “Princes in the Tower” were not murdered by their uncle, Richard III
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Fifteen years after a tiny finger bone unearthed in Siberia launched one of the most surprising chapters in human evolutionary science, researchers are still unraveling the mystery of the Denisovans — an
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NAZI Germany was basically defeated by the Soviet Union. The sacrifice made by the Soviet people in defence of their country in that war was utterly unimaginable. From the very beginning however
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In a groundbreaking exposé aired by Algerian television channel Dzair Tube, new revelations have surfaced detailing a secret and long-denied intelligence alliance between Morocco, Israel’s Mossad, and French intelligence during the height
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Tucked away on the windswept shores of Talaimannar, a remote town on Sri Lanka’s northwest coast, lies a site shrouded in faith, legend, and heated debate. Locals
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Simon Mann, the former SAS officer whose life veered from elite British military circles to the heart of one of Africa’s most audacious coup plots, has died at the age of 72.
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor “The Chinese people have fought with unparalleled determination and bravery against the forces of fascism. We are deeply indebted to their sacrifices in this war.” — Franklin
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Eighty years is a long time. Over such a span, the world changes almost beyond recognition, and events that once felt close fade into legend. Yet while history may become distant, its
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The evolution of the human mind has allowed us to transcend our modern understandings of time and expand into the realm of “deep time thinking.” One example of this is the Geologic Time Scale (GTS), a
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Despite officially gaining independence from Soviet influence at the end of World War II, Finland remained under covert Russian sway for decades, according to a startling new book by a former Finnish
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A newly discovered recording of a dying Nazi official could help answer one of the most debated questions about the Holocaust: Did Adolf Hitler personally give the order to kill Europe’s Jews?
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