Skanderbeg was raised and trained by the Ottoman Empire as one of its most trusted commanders. For years, he fought loyally ...

At the turn from the Middle Ages to Modern History, the Army of the Ottoman Empire was the most dominant military force in ...

Thus ended the story of Bonneval Ahmed Pasha: once a promising but typical French nobleman, he became an Ottoman pasha. It is ...

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In 1486, Venetian official Giovanni Dario returned to the Italian city to great acclaim. For years, he had served as ...

Rhetoric in Turkey has intensified, with prominent media figures attacking the "bloc" formed by Greece, Israel, and the ...

Successful American action in Venezuela and threats against Greenland suggest the rules-based international order that emerged following the Second World War is now on life support.

The Palazzo Dario has a rich history dating back to the 15th century—and, as the story goes, a succession of unusually ...

In its place, countries are fast adopting a values-neutral, transactional approach toward foreign policy. China was the progenitor of this approach to international relations: for over a decade, ...

In the early 20th century, another New York mogul eyed control of the area for U.S. and other foreign interests ...

The massacres in Hakkari in the 1840s, carried out by the Kurdish emir Badr Khan, led to the destruction of large parts of ...

Hot chocolate might be a favorite for warm winter drinks, but this ancient creamy beverage is just fantastic, even if its ...