On a state visit, France's president announced the loan of the tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion.

France is not the only Western country to insist on the separation of church and state - but it does so more militantly than any other. Secularism is the closest thing the French have to a state ...

The French Revolution (1789-1799) was one of the most transformative events in world history, altering the course of Europe and influencing political ideologies globally. Its origins can be traced to ...

A historic agreement between this country and France sees the 225ft-long tableau — which may have been made in Britain but has been in France since 1077 — arrive at the British Museum in Autumn 2026.

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

While hunters and their rifles helped wage psychological warfare, the American victory can actually be attributed to ...

It’s the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation’s grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth reengaging with the document whose ...

France was the powerhouse of Europe. It had the continent’s biggest population, a large overseas empire and had become the ...

Over the last 21 months, Israel has dismembered the Islamic Republic of Iran’s entire “ring of fire” and crippled its nuclear ...

The future of the Islamic Republic may be shaped more by the country’s culture and politics than by the military prowess of ...

The ninth of November, 1799—the 18th of Brumaire in the calendar of the French Revolution—is often remembered as the day the Revolution ended. Napoleon Bonaparte, conqueror of Italy and ...

French weekly Charlie Hebdo said on Monday it had gone to court over fake covers of the satirical magazine, in an effort to defend its image and identify the authors of the apparently pro-Russian ...