As US President Donald Trump continues to strike blows at the heart of American soft power, stripping away every last fig and vestige of imperial pretence, one can’t help but recall the old ...

Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest in the world at that time. Over a 10-year period, fighting across modern ...

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As Witkoff, a longtime real estate developer, ramps up U.S. diplomacy in the region, he will need buy-ins from oil-rich countries in the Persian Gulf to see through the more ambitious plans.

The Empire State Building was lit up in Eagles green on Sunday night shortly after Philadelphia punched their ticket to Super Bowl 2025 with a win over the Commanders. The iconic New York ...