Headlines- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Tag: World War II
Bottle Containing WWI Soldier’s Message in...
On Wharton Beach in southern Western Australia, a handwritten pencil note dated August 15, 1916, was found in a bottle. Malcolm Alexander Neville’s note requests that the finder deliver it to his mother in Wilkawatt, South Australia.
As Tribute to Friendship,Sacrifice of World...
Recently, the Australian War Memorial, Canberra received a donation of one of Australia’s oldest unopened beer bottles.During their time at the Wingham Hotel, friends Stanley (Stan) Lewis and Frederick (Fred) Hume purchased this bottle of Tooth’s Draught Ale with the intention of sharing it upon their return from the Second World War.
200 Unexploded WW2 Shells Uncovered in...
A stockpile of more than 200 U.S. artillery shells from the Second World War discovered at a school in the Solomon Islands capital has been safely removed.
Military Emerges from Shadows of World...
This week, on the 79th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan that ended World War II, Japanese officials have reiterated their aim of eradicating atomic weapons from this world. After decades of pacifism, the country is seeing a significant shift in how it views military force in the face of numerous regional threats. It is even looking for guarantees that the US will use its own nuclear deterrent to protect Japan.
Amid Modern Tensions,Search for Okinawa Bones...
One of the bloodiest land battles in the Pacific Ocean took place in 1945 when American forces attacked the Japanese island of Okinawa. A man who has spent decades looking for the bodies of those who were killed fears that Okinawa is again vulnerable as tensions rise between China and the United States.
Postwar Military Taboos Break Amid China,North...
This week, Japan commemorates the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States in 1945, which killed hundreds of civilians and ended World War II, the postwar constitution of Japan limited its military forces and renounced war as a right of the nation.
Ethnic Germans in Russia Are Still...
During World War II, their parents and grandparents were deported from the Soviet Union and resettled in rural districts of Russia because Soviet officials viewed them as potential traitors. They wish to return to the places where their families were exiled as retirees
From WWII to Today,A 98-Year-Old NYC...
Tony Vaccaro, a 98-year-old photographer, was an ordinary infantryman during World War II, yet he documented the war for 272 days unofficially. Anna Nelson spoke with Vaccaro to explore his contribution to the war’s documentation
Los Angeles Community commemorates the 80th...
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the killing of almost 34,000 Jews by German forces in the Babi Yar ravine outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 29-30, 1941, during World War II. In Los Angeles, there is a memorial to the victims, where many people gather to light candles in their honor
Germany: 30 Years After the Fall...
Thirty years ago the Berlin Wall fell, ending the divide between the communist East and the democratic West. The fall of the wall symbolized the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe imposed by the Soviet Union after World War II. It also paved the way for the re-unification of Germany so that today, what was once East Germany, is now part of Western Europe. But right wing parties are gaining strength in former East Germany, threatening the country’s stability