Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...

After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...

Trump’s second term (2025-2028) policies are speculative at this point, as they haven’t been fully defined, but we can draw ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

Revered French Catholic priest and humanitarian Abbé Pierre has been accused of rape and sexual assault nearly 20 years after his death, leading France to grapple with his legacy.

There is a new theme park coming to Britain – though without big dippers and ghost trains. It will be an historical attraction with Vikings, knights and Tommy Atkins in the trenches.

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals ...

This season will see the rise of Jacobin revolutionary Robespierre and the execution of France's King Louis XVI. "The difference between a history lesson and not is that we deal with these things ...

France should be governed ... Morris, on the contrary, throws the blame of the subsequent horrors—including both Robespierre and Bonaparte—upon the destruction of the nobility; and in this ...

Ouattara, considered one of France’s closest allies in the region, has balanced maintaining ties with Paris and responding to growing domestic calls for Ivorian independence. “There is a ...