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 ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over the Germans. To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to ...

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...

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 ...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Harriette Lamb O'Connor on January 27, 2024, at the age of 86. From an early age, Harriette aspired to help others by becoming a family ...

Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian’s Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large and founder the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as ...

The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 has vowed to march on the capital Kinshasa after capturing eastern DR Congo's biggest city of Goma earlier this week. The lightning offensive is the latest to ...

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi’s president said yesterday, as Africa’s top health agency warned the fighting could ...

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...

Rev. Dr. William Barber II spoke on continuing Martin Luther King Jr's legacy at the annual commemorative service in Atlanta. Ohio State holds off Notre Dame to win college football national ...

TV favourites Richard and Judy are set to team up with each other again, years after they last worked together. The couple co-hosted This Morning and show Richard & Judy for decades, having ...

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin torched the Trump administration for allowing television personality Dr. Phil McGraw to tag along as border czar Tom Homan and a team of agents carried out deportation ...