By the time Mehmed VI became sultan following the death of his half-brother, the empire was on the brink of collapse due to a combination of military losses, economic hardship, and nationalist movements at ...

By the time Soviet troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan in 1989, it had become one of the CIA’s longest and most expensive covert ...

The LZ 1 featured a rigid aluminium frame covered with a fabric skin, within which was a series of 17 individual gas cells made from rubberized ...

Approximately 23,000 Union soldiers and 28,000 Confederates were killed, wounded, or captured in just three ...

With the aid of a 26 foot long balancing pole, he crossed the gorge in a stunt taking just 23 ...

Subsequent investigations revealed that a cabin vent valve had accidentally opened and depressurised the capsule when the service module was jettisoned at an altitude of 168 km, causing the crew to fall unconscious and suffer cardiac arrest in less than a ...

Rioting continued for another five nights and acted as a catalyst for LGBT political ...

Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation on June 27, 1898, after covering approximately 46,000 miles in an old Massachusetts oyster boat named ...

While the speech effectively recognised East Berlin as part of the Soviet Bloc, it also reaffirmed America’s commitment to defend West Berlin against ...

North Korean troops launched a surprise and quickly advanced southward to capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea, within ...