The Pope died at his Vatican residence at 07:35 CEST (06:35 BST), the Vatican said in a statement released at about 09:45 ...

THE traditional conception of England among average Frenchmen is expressed in the words "perfidious Albion." Some years ago I made an effort to run down the source of the term. I failed. One meets it ...

The first written stories about Robin Hood emerged in the late 14th century, although they likely stem from an older oral ...

The commandments handed down by God to Moses, the Roman Code of Justinian and the Salic law of Germanic France had all laid ... some of the basic laws of medieval England, and which is often ...

A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ...

If I told you that I visited Notre-Dame de Paris in March of this year and that, while there, I had begun to get this strange ...

Representatives from the US and Iran met in Rome on Saturday for the second round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme. The mediated talks were held in a ...

Two questions later, Hoying found the second DD. “This system of weight used for gold is named for a city in medieval France, not ancient Turkey,” the clue read. He correctly answered ...

AFP becomes one of the main source for international news. We've got various news from around the world. I can say that AFP news content is diverse and credible, and they can fit with the ...

At the Louvre Abu Dhabi, you won’t find an “Impressionism” wing or “ancient Greek sculptures” hall. Walking into the first of 23 galleries, visitors encounter a statuette of an Egyptian ...

Mont-Saint-Michel, in the French region of Normandy, is more than just a UNESCO World Heritage site. It's also a tiny village, home to just 30 residents. But the tidal island welcomes around 3 million ...