12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (556+ words) Part of HistoryBritain and Ireland, 1900 - 1985 On July 26th 1914, a yacht sailed into the bay at Howth, near Dublin. It was carrying one thousand guns - which were swiftly handed out to a battalion of the Irish Volunteers - a newly formed militia who…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (984+ words) Only a few steps separate them from one another. The Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and the Mosque stand close to one another in the heart of Prizren. These places of worship are not merely monuments of faith, but evidence…...

12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (536+ words) Part of HistoryBritain and Ireland, 1900 - 1985 Add subjects, save guides and continue where you left off with your BBC account. From its creation in 1921, Northern Ireland was very different to the rest of Ireland. Two thirds of its population were Protestant…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (471+ words) ROCCA DI PAPA, Italy — One of the most important sacred landscapes of the ancient Latin world has received stronger legal protection from the Italian government, potentially opening a new chapter in the preservation of Monte Cavo, the mountain once crowned…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (128+ words) The exhibition “Codex Azcatitlan. Illustrated Routes from Mexico-Tenochtitlan” in the Mexican capital introduces visitors to one of the most important historical records of the Mexica people. The exhibition tells the story of the legendary migration from Aztlan, the founding of…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1606+ words) America's history is marked by the 'one-drop rule', a policy that rigidly defined racial identity and had profound consequences. For generations, Americans were taught to think about race as though it could be measured in blood. Under a system that…...

11+ hour, 48+ min ago   (140+ words) Enbekshi QazaQ Budapest, 10 August 2026 – The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Hungary organized a flower-laying ceremony in Budapest at the monument to the great Kazakh poet, thinker and educator Abai Qunanbaiuly, dedicated to Abai Day. The event took place at the bust…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (680+ words) The southern border of Houston County and Fillmore County is the Iowa state line. When settlers arrived in southeast Minnesota Territory in 1852, Iowa had been a state for six years. But the border was only a line on a map....

12+ hour, 10+ min ago   (166+ words) Just 10% of the German population was between 15 and 24 years old at the end of last year, with the figure even lower in the country's eastern states, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Monday. In the eastern state of Brandenburg, which…...

13+ hour, 1+ min ago   (716+ words) Ceuta and Melilla ARE home to one of the oldest and most significant Jewish communities in Africa As tens of thousands of people from Morocco stormed into Spain’s Ceuta two weeks ago, this city and Melilla have become the center…...