One hundred years after he was born, we salute the fury and intensity of Rod Steiger’s presence on screen, from On the Waterfront to In the Heat of the Night.

A 1868 lithograph from the Library of Congress depicts Alton's riverfront, featuring City Hall and the Chicago & Alton ...

In 1471, during a series of civil wars for control of the English throne, known as the Wars of the Roses, King Edward IV of England seized London from Henry ...

Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...

An often overlooked aspect of the first Duke of Wellington's private life is getting a new look at his London home -- and ...

Since the invasion plans by the emperor's entourage, relations between France and Brazil have gone through several upheavals ...

Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), will forever be etched into the annals of history as the ...

In the summer of 1815, the gruelling Battle of Waterloo raged. It would be the conflict that would finally put an end to the ...

At Waterloo (June 18, 1815), a force of British ... defeated French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte for a final time, paving the way for a lasting peace. An estimated 47,000 people on all sides ...

EXCLUSIVE: Historians fear developers could turn the site into modern flats erasing the legacy of a battle that shaped the history of Britain and Europe.

WATERLOO Station was evacuated after a fire alarm went off - causing travel chaos for commuters. A photo shared on social media showed metal doors blocking off the entrance to the central London ...