In the opening weeks of World War II, a German U boat carried out a daring penetration of Scapa Flow, the Royal Navy’s primary home anchorage. Navigating strong currents, blockships, and narrow ...

A dedication ceremony will be held next month in Kure Beach for a World War II American Heritage City historical marker recognizing a German U-boat attack near the Ethyl-Dow Chemical Plant in 1943.

The Belgian troopship SS Léopoldville had just slipped beneath the English Channel after being hit by a torpedo. Gerald Howard went down with the ship. The 23-year-old rifleman nearly drowned under ...

Pluto's discovery by Clyde Tombaugh, key political changes in Scandinavia and America, plus cultural and scientific milestones.

Books & the Arts / How the popular mayor and a popular front of radicals and reformers transformed New York City Michael Kazin Mike Wallace’s Gotham at War is the third and final volume of the most ...

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U.S. Southern Command forces struck a boat allegedly carrying illicit narcotics Friday, killing two in the first strike of 2026. The strike in the Eastern Pacific comes 23 days after the previous one, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of ...

German corporate investments in China at 4-year high Corporate investments exceeded 7 billion euros in 2025 Germany seeks to diversify in light of trade tensions BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Jan 27 (Reuters) - ...

Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, of Trinidad, were killed by a U.S. military airstrike off the coast of Venezuela in October UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS The families of ...

The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two people with one survivor, according to US Southern Command. “On Jan ...