The Missouri Compromise was designed to maintain a delicate balance of power in Congress between slave states and free states. But how did it come about, what did it mean and how did it contribute to the US Civil War?

Wyoming and Colorado are two states that would appear to have many similarities. Location, physical geography, history and even their very shapes mirror each other in interesting ways. However, Colorado has ten times the population as...

Kansas has fewer than 3 million Americans overall making it the 36th largest state in the country. But if you look just to the east and west you have the states of Missouri and Colorado respectively, each with about double the population...

Hawaii was the last state to be admitted to the Union, all the way back in 1959. But since then the country has grown by more than 150 million Americans, the vast majority of which have migrated to the major cities of the country....

Oklahoma is just north of Texas. But despite sharing similar geographic features, Texas has grown at a much faster rate in terms of population and economy than Oklahoma. In the case of these two states, history and geography combine to...

Dr. Forrester explains that the United States became a country in 1783 after seven hard fought years of the American Revolution. The original thirteen colonies became thirteen states. The United States grew to a total of fifty states as...

The year: 1835. The dispute: Territorial claim of the Toledo Strip. Toledo holds geographical importance as a port city at the base of the Maumee Bay. The conflict arises out of differing interpretations of the boundary lines set by the...

For years people living in Washington DC have been campaigning that the district should be granted full statehood. There are a lot of interesting arguments surrounding DC's status, but the debate got kicked into high gear when a bill...

From Catalonia to Kurdistan and Quebec, many people are demanding independence. What does it take to transform a cultural identity into a nation-state? And what is the impact?

MOT 1953: HAWAII: BUSINESS: VS Signs on buildings Castle & Cook Limited, C. Brewer & Company, Alexander & Baldwin Building, American Factors. VS Businessman Walter Denningham (1875-1963) SOT saying, 'I have always been opposed to...

The year: 1835. The dispute: Territorial claim of the Toledo Strip. Toledo holds geographical importance as a port city at the base of the Maumee Bay. The conflict arises out of differing interpretations of the boundary lines set by the...

You've heard of the Monroe doctrine, perhaps? This is the guy! Well, John Quincy Adams wrote it... but everyone liked this guy. They liked him so much that his entire presidency was called "The Era of Good Feelings". His story starts all...

A deepening divide emerges within Hamas leadership. While Ismail Haniyeh’s representative, Khalil al-Hayya, signals willingness to accept a UN-supervised border role, Khaled Mashaal firmly rejects any external oversight on weapons and...

Gaza: The UN Security Council has approved the Trump administration’s comprehensive 20-point Gaza peace plan, authorizing an international stabilization force and establishing a transitional governing board for Gaza until 2027.

U.S. President Donald Trump is amping up pressure on Hamas to respond to his 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza. He says he wants a response in a matter of days or there will be a ‘very sad end’ to the conflict. Despite the added...

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said “statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people” while speaking at the Labour Party conference.



Speaking at the conference in Liverpool, the Foreign Secretary said: “For...

Ladakh Director General of Police S D Singh Jamwal on Saturday said climate activist Sonam Wangchuk is being probed for allegedly having links with Pakistan after he was arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) on Friday, days...

Violent protests have erupted in Ladakh over demands for statehood and Sixth Schedule inclusion, leaving four dead and over 30 injured. What began as peaceful demonstrations escalated after police fired teargas in Leh, triggering clashes...

Ahead of the start of the annual united nations general assembly (UNGA) session next week that will see many western countries recognising the "state of Palestine", the Palestinian ambassador to India, Abdallah M. Abu Shawesh, speaking...

The United States says it won’t allow Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian leaders entry into the country for the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, prompting criticism from world leaders. Canada and several other countries...

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has announced plans to launch a door-to-door signature campaign advocating for the restoration of J&K’s statehood.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has announced plans to launch a door-to-door signature campaign advocating for the restoration of J&K’s statehood.

Local Palestinian Canadians say they are exhausted and traumatized after nearly two years of violence in Gaza. They say the Canadian government isn't doing enough to end the conflict. CBC’s Katerina Georgieva reports.

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has criticised Prime Minister Keir Starmer by saying that recognising a Palestinian State while Hamas occupies Gaza, rewards terrorism. She spoke while on a visit to the Blakesley Show, near...