World War II was one of the most transformative events of the 20th century. It was the largest war ever fought, with more than 50 nations and 100 million troops involved, and it reshaped geopolitics, ...

In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...

The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on June 28, 1919, was intended to bring peace following World War I — but instead ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

These acts would be the opening shots of World War II, with Germany’s invasion of Poland, France and the United Kingdom would declare war on Germany on Sept. 3. Days later, on Sept. 17 ...

PARIS, March 7 (Reuters) - Paris' Gare du Nord, Europe's busiest train station, ground to a halt on Friday while an unexploded World ... the war. Sign up here. Although the bomb was found 2.5 ...

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling “over the abyss” ...

The round of tariffs the US president plans to announce or impose on April 2 will take a heavy toll on the global economy ...

A widely distributed photo of an unidentified United ... at the world body, Danny Danon, wrote in a letter to Secretary-General Guterres. “As a representative of an international institution that had ...