Before World War II officially began, Japan invaded China's Manchuria region (now called Guandong) in order to expand its ...

Thieves stole an assortment of military equipment on Wednesday including three Humvees and 18 bayonets from the Army Reserve Center in Tustin, according to a local police statement issued on Friday.

Salvaging the U-505 German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the sinking U-boat a top priority for the Navy task group. German Capt. Harald Lange, who commanded the U ...

What was the World War II experience of James Alfred (“Alf”) Wight, author and the real James Herriot? MASTERPIECE got the fascinating facts and sometimes surprising timeline from All ...

Donald Tusk, the Polish president, has claimed Russia has planned terror attacks in the air against Poland and other countries. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's advisers ...

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A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The mine, near the frontline city of Pokrovsk ...

Set to detonate about an hour to a week after impact, a bomb dropped in the later stages of World War II didn't explode for nearly 80 years at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki. The bomb that created ...

The Israeli cabinet still has to ratify the deal, and some details remained unresolved. President Biden said hostages were to be released over 42 days. The new interim Syrian government says it ...

In pictures: Israel strikes hundreds of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...