It begins, inevitably, with Henry VIII, who married Catherine but couldn’t produce a male heir. The Pope refused to annul the marriage because Catherine was the aunt of Charles V, the Holy Roman ...

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, three survivors recall their stories, and a precious item from their childhood that they still have.

The sun was still low on the horizon when 19-year-old Piper James walked toward the Pacific Ocean for a morning swim on an island whose name in the local language means “paradise.” ...

Congress is debating major funding bills that would avoid another of those phony government “shutdowns” now scheduled for January 30. One sticking point is that Democrats want to either defund ...

Some 680 people were recognised with awards in the general division of the Order of Australia as part of the annual Australia Day honours list.

The death of James (Jim) Tiernan of Knockrenihan, Newtown, Nenagh, and formerly of Islandmore, county Clare, marks the passing of a man whose early life was shaped by the islands of Lough Derg.