Here’s a look at the life of the late former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Personal:Birth date: April 28, 1937 Death date: December 30, 2006 Birth place: Tikrit, Iraq Birth name: Saddam Hussein Abd ...

Increasingly alarmed that U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere, a group of European countries has been quietly working on a ...

NPR traveled with Jordan's military on a recent helicopter flight delivering aid to the Gaza Strip, part of a test program ...

Among the millions of World War II veterans were seven future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

The Minsk II deal, aimed at ending Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014, instead laid the groundwork for Russia’s ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

The Six Triple Eight shares the story of an all-Black battalion of WACs that faced unimaginable challenges while serving ...

Behind U.S. President Donald Trump's vows to turn Gaza into a "Riviera of the Middle East" lies a plan to forcibly drive a ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Mediators have been scrambling to salvage the ceasefire after the militant group said it would not hand over three more ...

I knew my mom was a WAC (Women’s Army Corps) but didn't know the details or historical significance until Tyler Perry released 'The Six Triple Eight' ...