Suella Braverman's call for former colonies to compensate UK sparks fierce debate, challenging views on colonial legacy and ...

Starting in the 15th century, Portugal began exploring the African coast searching for a shorter route for trade with Asia. Not to be outdone, Spain sponsored Columbus’ voyage due west and discovered ...

I am an 80-year-old Sudanese-American journalist who has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1980. I’m now finishing the first draft of a long memoir about my journey from a small Muslim village to the ...

Sierra Leone – officially known as the Republic of Sierra Leone whose capital is Freetown – is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa which shares its southeastern border with Liberia. Sierra ...

In 1763, Great Britain gained control of Florida from Spain and split it into two separate territories — East Florida and West Florida.  Florida, and other British territories outside the 13 colonies ...

APIA, Samoa — Commonwealth countries adopted Saturday their first ocean declaration during their summit held for the first time in the Pacific island nation of Samoa as calls from some of Britain’s ...

NEW DELHI — Just hours after the world learned that Queen Elizabeth II was dead, Twitter feeds across India exploded with angry demands for the repatriation of a precious diamond called the Kohinoor, ...

At first, it was a motley group of colonies that barely held itself together. But on July 4, 1776, with the adoption of the ...