An exceptionally rare 17th-century painting featuring a Black woman and a white woman side by side has gone on public display for the first time at Compton Verney, a historic manor in the English ...

Four precious bronze sculptures worth tens of thousands of pounds stolen from the garden of the former Tory Party deputy chairman Lord Archer has revealed his 17th-century vicarage was burgled by ...

A sixth-century sword has been unearthed by archaeologists from a Lancashire university. The well-preserved weapon was recovered by University of Central Lancashire archaeologists from an Anglo-Saxon ...

Police in Haiti have arrested a former legislator long accused of arming gangs in the country’s central region and previously sanctioned by the U.S. and Canada PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Police in ...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry released a statement urging the U.S. to stop arming Taiwan and to cease what it referred to as "dangerous moves that undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait ...

A sixth-century sword described as "astonishing" has been discovered at an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural England. Lead archaeologist Duncan Sayer of the University of Central Lancashire ...

A previously untouched Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent yielded the sixth-century sword, among several other fascinating findings. Twelve burials have been excavated at the site so far, and ...

CANTERBURY, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeastern England. The weapon features a gild and silver ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti have arrested a former legislator long accused of arming gangs in the country’s central region and previously sanctioned by the U.S. and Canada.