On May 24, 1565, the Ottoman Empire unleashed a devastating artillery barrage on Malta’s Fort St. Elmo, marking the beginning ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States is a white clapboard ...

An imagined community Ukraine is an Eastern European territory that was originally part of the western part of the Russian Empire and the eastern portion ...

Discover the fascinating history of the Ottoman Empire in this animated video, tracing its rise, peak, and eventual decline.

The crescent and star are now widely recognized as symbols of Islam, but their origins stretch back to ancient Greece and ...

Rebellions by enslaved soldiers occurred in several places—especially Egypt, Iraq and India—but not so in the Ottoman Empire.

While Erdoğan may imagine himself a sultan restoring the Ottoman Empire, Turks will likely remember him as the man whose arrogance led to Turkey’s collapse.

Englishman Thomas Stukeley offered his services to various Catholic powers. He died while fighting for the Portuguese at the ...

The storied past of a bejeweled dagger long thought to have belonged Henry VIII is the subject of a new exhibition in London.

Empire, the San Francisco-based music company, has plans to remake a historic downtown building it bought this year that feature a rooftop garden venue for live performances and other events.

The Mellow Collapsible Storage Ottoman is on sale at Walmart for 47% off, and shoppers say it's "cute" and "surprisingly roomy." ...

Did a B-25 bomber plane crash into the Empire State Building in 1945? Social media posts in late July 2025 renewed interest in the historical aviation accident.