The blue rectangle, originally adopted from the Union Flag since erstwhile Malaya was a British colony, now means unity of the people of the country. The flag was adopted on May 26, 1950.

This short film explores the countries that make up the United Kingdom and identifies a key human and physical feature of each one. It also shares the flags of the countries that make up the ...

James's central ambition was to make these two very foreign countries into one new state, Great Britain ... the earliest designs for James's new British flag. Each design seems to capture what ...

Nations large and small are represented in the World Flags project, including India, South Africa, Great Britain ... to create characters for all 200 countries competing in the Games He starts ...

In 1963, Canada embarked on a seemingly harmless attempt to create its own flag but the issue revealed a nation hotly divided on what symbol should unite the country. The parliamentary debate on ...

From Ramore Head, a rocky promontory in the small ­seaside town of Portrush in County Antrim, you can see three countries on a ... this must be one of Britain’s finest coastlines.

It has taken me two cross-country bicycle trips and more than 8,000 miles in the saddle to realise that America doesn’t need ...

Contributed Sen. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, center, holds up a Missouri flag flown over the state Capitol alongside ...

The parade of athletes was led into the Maracana by Ibrahim Al-Hussein, the flag bearer ... in Rio, Great Britain’s Sarah Storey and New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe became the most decorated Paralympians ...

How could Americans be such nice and decent people and support someone so debasing, so deranged, so hate-filled? It was the ...

"It's really special for a lot of young people, that they now can play at the pinnacle of sport and represent their country in flag football," former Great Britain player Afia Law, now NFL Flag's ...

The Tennessean's letters reflect the views of the authors and add to public discourse. At issue today: A naturalized ...