Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson traveled to the port city of Dakhla, on the West African coast, to launch his budget airline’s ...

The Architecture of Empire: France in India and Southeast Asia, 1664-1962 by Gauvin A. Bailey McGill-Queen’s University Press 2022. 488 pp. (cloth), ISBN 978-0-228-01142-2 Reviewed by Rachael Maxon ...

Peanut bucatini at an affordable vegetarian tasting menu spot, local beer and drinking snacks at a decades-old cafe by a canal, fried Surinamese snacks at a weekly market, and more of Amsterdam’s best ...

Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its population has raised concerns about potential regional instability. But how are the conflicts in the Levant rooted in its history of ...

When I pitched a review of Hanoi’s massive new Vietnam Military History Museum to the Saigoneer editorial staff, I expected to find the museum somewhat boring. After all, although I am a historian, I ...

Various winter traditions return, plus vintage markets and clothing swaps, Black History Month pop-ups at Navy Pier and a ...

In a little-known 1957 conflict, Moroccos Liberation Army staged a bold offensive against Spanish colonial rule in Ifni and ...

As President Donald Trump's whims reverberate across the world, one particular Chicago group — globe and mapmakers — rise to ...

Dalat Railway Station, a national cultural heritage site, houses one of the world’s rarest cog rail systems. The station’s French colonial architecture and the nostalgic charm of steam locomotives ...

Night - Clear. Winds SW at 14 to 16 mph (22.5 to 25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 35 °F (1.7 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 55 °F (12.8 °C). Winds variable at 7 to 14 mph (11.3 to 22.5 ...