World History
N. Korea video depicts invasion of South, US hostages
Mar 22, 2013 00:15 EDT
North Korea posted a new propaganda video Friday, showing paratroopers descending on Seoul in an invasion scenario that envisages taking around 150,000 US residents in South Korea hostage.
One dead as helicopters collide at Berlin stadium
Mar 21, 2013 07:26 EDT
One person died Thursday as two helicopters collided over Berlin's iconic Olympic Stadium during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said.
India upholds death sentence over 1993 Mumbai blasts
Mar 21, 2013 03:35 EDT
India's top court upheld the death penalty Thursday for a mastermind of a series of bombings which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993, the deadliest set of attacks in the country's history.
Seven US Marines killed in training exercise
Mar 19, 2013 18:45 EDT
Seven US Marines were killed and seven more wounded when a mortar round exploded while still in its launch tube during a training exercise in Nevada, the military said Tuesday.
Storm-damaged Statue of Liberty to reopen by July 4
Mar 19, 2013 17:43 EDT
The Statue of Liberty will reopen by July 4 once repairs to extensive damage inflicted on the New York landmark by Hurricane Sandy are completed, US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday.
Medals for UK sailors who kept up Soviet supplies
Mar 19, 2013 11:25 EDT
British veterans who braved enemy fire, freezing waters and brutal weather to keep open supply lines to Russia during World War II were on Tuesday honoured for the first time with a new medal.
US completes first MIA mission to Myanmar since 2004
Mar 19, 2013 09:50 EDT
The United States said on Tuesday that it had completed a successful first mission to Myanmar since 2004 to search for the remains of missing American servicepeople.
Fallen British soldier awarded rare top honour
Mar 18, 2013 11:23 EDT
A soldier killed in Afghanistan is to be awarded Britain's most prestigious military honour, only the 10th such medal since World War II, for leading a "supremely courageous" assault against Taliban snipers, it was announced Monday.
70 years on, Greek survivor recalls 'red sky over Birkenau'
Mar 17, 2013 14:48 EDT
Heinz Kounio was put aboard the first train to transfer Jews from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki to the Auschwitz death camp on March 15, 1943.
Sweden bids farewell to Princess Lilian
Mar 16, 2013 12:18 EDT
Sweden's Welsh-born Princess Lilian, who waited three decades to marry her prince, was buried Saturday after thousands of Swedes paid their respects to one of the most popular members of the royal family.
Greek Jews commemorate Auschwitz deportation anniversary
Mar 16, 2013 11:00 EDT
Greece's second largest city Thessaloniki on Saturday commemorated the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of its Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Soldier killed in Afghanistan to receive Victoria Cross
Mar 16, 2013 00:18 EDT
A soldier who gave his life in Afghanistan in a bid to save his colleagues is to be awarded the country's highest military honour, it was reported Saturday.
Developing world's rise heralds global shift, UN says
Mar 14, 2013 21:14 EDT
The developing world's rapid growth has sharply cut extreme poverty, created a new middle class and put the economies of Brazil, China and India on a path to overtake the globe's wealthiest nations, the UN says.
S.Korea, China fault Japan on 'comfort women' at UN
Mar 14, 2013 14:30 EDT
South Korea and China on Thursday told the UN's top human rights forum that Japan must face up to its World War II-era sexual enslavement of women from across occupied Asia, but Tokyo insisted it had already taken responsibility.
Australia vandals steal Japan WWII submarine relics
Mar 14, 2013 01:49 EDT
Vandals have damaged the wreck of a Japanese mini submarine that famously attacked Sydney Harbour during World War II, stealing parts and protected relics, authorities said on Thursday.
New Jewish museum in Poland unveils synagogue roof
Mar 13, 2013 14:33 EDT
It is not as ornate the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, but a life-sized replica of the polychrome ceiling of an 18th-century synagogue inspired awe as it was unveiled in the Polish capital.
Last remaining member of Hitler assassination plot dies
Mar 13, 2013 06:29 EDT
Ewald Heinrich von Kleist, a former German army lieutenant who took part in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, has died at the age of 90, a think tank he co-founded said Wednesday.
New Jewish museum in Poland unveils synagogue roof
Mar 12, 2013 22:52 EDT
It is not as ornate the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, but a life-sized replica of the polychrome ceiling of an 18th-century synagogue inspired awe as it was unveiled in the Polish capital.
Austria marks 75th anniversary of Nazi 'annexation'
Mar 12, 2013 09:03 EDT
Austria solemnly marked Tuesday 75 years since German troops crossed the border unopposed on the early hours of March 12, 1938 and "annexed" Hitler's native country into the Third Reich.
Need to embalm a world leader? Call Russia
Mar 11, 2013 14:38 EDT
It's a process described as "not a pretty sight" that involves the extraction of all the blood from a corpse. But if Venezuela needs help embalming Hugo Chavez then Russia has expertise stretching back to Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.
