Dr Nikos Linardakis brings Laskarina Bouboulina to life in his debut novel, unravelling the triumphs, betrayals, and legacy of Greece's fearless naval commander ...

Two centuries after the Barbary Wars, America is once again fighting a war overseas to protect its shipping, as well as that ...

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series has has been out since 2007, with several mainline and side games. Here are its best ...

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan ...

Greek rebels led by Mavrovouniotis landed in Beirut, 1826, to free Syria from Ottomans but failed. Local resistance and ...

From the stone circles of the Neolithic through the glories of Rome and the Renaissance to the ravages of the world wars, ...

From the first coffee houses in the Ottoman Empire to Boston’s famed London Coffee House, cafes have always been an egalitarian place to gather, sip, and share ideas, many of which have ...

The 16th-century Ottoman ruler Sultan Suleyman liked to impose himself on foreign monarchs from the start, always beginning ...

Proxy wars, a phenomenon where external pow­ers support opposing sides in a conflict in order to influence the outcome of the conflict and ad­vance their own strategic interests, have become a ...

Fresh off one of the best rookie campaigns from a pitcher in recent baseball history, the Pirates ace is adding two new weapons this spring — a cutter and a two-seam fastball. Before this ...