World War II

Japan’s wartime emperor Hirohito wanted to express his regret and remorse shortly after World War II but the prime minister…

Japan’s new emperor spoke Thursday of “deep remorse” over the country’s wartime past in his first speech to commemorate the…

British troops deployed into Northern Ireland for the first time 50 years ago after days of rioting in a Catholic…

A vast and “unique” trove of antique and Roman-era coins, unearthed in what was one of Hungary’s wartime Jewish ghettos,…

Germany paid tribute Saturday to Claus von Stauffenberg and others who sought to assassinate Adolf Hitler 75 years ago, a…

April 1945: The final days of World War II in Europe. Nazi Germany is teetering as Western Allies move in across…

Between 1940 and 1945, some 2.7 million tons of bombs were dropped on Europe by US and British forces, half…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s National Library has digitized a rare collection of communal ledgers from long-lost Jewish communities of Europe,…

US President Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth II gathered with 300 veterans on the south coast of England on Wednesday…

SIBIU, Romania (Reuters) – The European Union must focus on climate, security and growth after continent-wide elections in two weeks,…