Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

As the Union blockade squeezed the Confederate coast during the Civil War, Fort Fisher in North Carolina took on ever more prominence. Until almost the end of the war, it kept open the port of ...

The U.S. sanctions target several businesses operating in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including one suspected of handling gold smuggled from Sudan. The UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms, has ...