Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, is to hold a special ceremony on May 8 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the downfall of the Nazi dictatorship. "World War ...

Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This “Historically Speaking” column contains the opinions of Dr. Todd H. Rider based upon the research and information contained in his book, “Forgotten Creators: How German-Speaking ...

killed during the war between the militant group and Israel that ended with a fragile ceasefire in November. "We defied the entire world by being here in Aitaroun to celebrate Eid with our martyrs ...

Germany has launched its first deployment abroad since World War II. The country's parliament said troops will be sent to eastern Lithuania, which is NATO's eastern flank. The unit is to be fully ...

Germany's armed forces ... operational by 2027. This marks the first time soldiers from the country will be on a permanent foreign deployment since World War II. "We have a clear mission.

Canadian soldiers took many German artillery pieces home as “war trophies” after the First World War. Almost all have disappeared. But more than a century later, one has turned up three metres ...

Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, heavily armored tanks. His life connected three centuries, along with every ...

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 ...

Check your change and take a look down the back of the sofa after a rare Royal Mint 20p coin sold for 450 times its face value this week. The 20p piece is a “mule” coin dating from 2008 and ...