By today's standards, Eric Fisher Wood Sr. would probably not have joined the National Guard, let alone join two armies to ...

Prepare to have your mind blown.” Thus concludes fantasy author Joshua Palmatier’s introduction to “Combat Monsters,” a ...

Leaders at the CDC must speak candidly but privately to their employees about this. The legality (or lack of legality) of the ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

MUNICH, Germany — U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit the Dachau concentration camp memorial Thursday, making a stop at ...

Russia's deputy foreign minister says all of Vladimir Putin's conditions for peace must be met if the US wants to end the war in Ukraine. Adding to the growing frenzy of commentary on a peace deal ...

The UK defence secretary repeatedly swerved questions on whether Britain should heed calls from the United States to significantly ramp up defence spending. John Healey also failed to guarantee ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. In his first trip abroad, the new U.S ...

Concern that President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia might sideline Ukraine in discussions to end the war also appeared to bubble up at a NATO meeting in Brussels. The centuries ...

Alexander Vinnik’s release came as an unnamed US citizen was also freed by Russian ally Belarus in a separate deal. Here are the key developments on the 1,085th day of Russia’s full-scale ...

In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in ...

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