On this day in 1718, the Royal Navy attacked and killed Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach, off the coast of North ...

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, he was raised at the court of the Roman Emperor Augustus and "had contracted so great a friendship with the Romans, that he freely ...

Approximately 20 per cent of Britons thought Bill Gates was the man who invented the Web when, in fact, it was British-born ...

The resolution comes after the agency said Iran has defied demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.