1868 – The U.S. Congress enacted legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the Federal government. 1868 – ...

Critics invoked the specter of 2003 and the quagmire of Iraq. Opinion pieces warned of regional blowback and a united front ...

The law is the child of fundamental principles of human justice””–    John Buchan According to the Roman lawyer and senator, Marcus Tullius Cicero, “Laws are silent amidst the clash of arms”. In his ...

One of the biggest airlifts during the Cold War - the Berlin Airlift - began on this day in 1948 after the Soviet Union imposed a complete land, rail and water blockade on all access to West Berlin.

BERLIN, May 28, 1949 (UP) - Western Berlin fell back upon the Anglo-American airlift for sustenance today in the face of a Soviet-inspired rail blockade intended to smash the eight-day strike of ...

European Council will also discuss broader enlargement policy of European Union towards the western Balkans ...

Analysis: 100 years after his death, Lenin seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia A century after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union is largely an afterthought in ...