Virginia executed a condemned killer, Timothy Spencer, in the first case in which DNA testing was used to obtain a conviction ...

Lapu-Lapu is hailed as the first Filipino hero, though very little is known about him. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines as he attempted to expand Spanish colonization in the region.

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Explorer Vasco da Gama sailed his four ships into the Indian Ocean in late 1497. Before long, Portuguese merchants were trading in luxury goods (mother-of ...