The end of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands was exactly 80 years ago on May 5. But it came too late for around 20,000 ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

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Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late 1940s ...

That reversed the fortunes of the Liberals, who had been expected to be shown the door by an electorate weary of their decade ...

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Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

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SECRETARY of State Merlyn Rees came under fire yesterday for his Westminster warning that the abrupt ending of internment would lead almost immediately to civil war. Alliance Party Deputy Leader ...

Crews have started patching the notorious potholes around the former Great Northern Mall, aiming to improve access to BJ’s Wholesale Club and nearby businesses, according to redevelopment officials.

Photo: Shawn Thew/Press Pool Avoiding a trade war is simple, say some economists: Just don’t fight back.