On 4 August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. It became known as The Great War, as it affected people all over the world. World map showing countries and empires before World War One began.

Germany’s position after World War I seemed hopeless. Yet within two decades, it had become a major power once again. In this ...

Donald Rose, who died yesterday at 110, was born on Christmas Eve in 1914 and was just 25 when he signed up to fight on the ...

The newly signed deal also includes co-operation on security and defence, bilateral trade, and scientific research.

During the war, the Thuilliers’ yard became a makeshift studio. Eventually, they painted a backdrop featuring classical ...

Shortly before Christmas 1938, with weeks of heavy snow carpeting the lands around her Highland home, the birdlike frame of an aristocratic lady sat down wearily at her piano and began to play.

She swam for her life across the Aegean Sea. Now, refugee Olympian and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Yusra Mardini is using her voice to uplift millions displaced by conflict.

NATO allies will buy arms, then give them to Ukraine, President Trump said. Patriot air defense systems, missiles and ...

The UN Genocide Convention came about as a reaction to the Holocaust. Now, Israel is being accused of violating it. International law experts are divided.

Just hours later, dozens were injured in Ukraine after Russia launched a 400 drones in a mass air attack across the country. A total of 57 drones and one ballistic missile were reported to have struck ...

These soldiers were men without a place in West German society, disgraced by their participation in Hitler’s wars of conquest ...

There are moments in history when the shadows of the past cast such a long menace over the present that they become ...