A native of Massalia (modern-day Marseille, France), Pytheas set out to explore the lands beyond the Mediterranean, venturing ...

Trump suggested the U.S. should take “ownership and control” of Greenland, but the territory’s prime minister confirmed ...

Defense of Greenland Agreement provides a legal and historical basis for the United States to assert greater control over ...

One aspect of the Nazi rise to power is not well understood, remaining a point of contention among historians - the group's ...

History shows that empires acquire territories in various ways.  Dynasties link arms through marriage, as the Habsburgs were ...

Officials and political pundits in Moscow have voiced their support for President-elect Donald Trump's recent pitch to buy ...

He may not have taken office yet, but the new US president is determined to start a war to take over the canal that connects ...

In 1946, the U.S. considered proposals to pay Denmark $100 million in gold bars for Greenland or trade oil-rich land in Alaska for ... two bases in Greenland, Thule and Sondestrom.

The Danish government has announced a major boost in its defence budget for Greenland after Donald Trump said he hoped to buy the island after taking office in January.