1994: Fred West is charged with two further murders following the discovery of more human remains in the garden of his Gloucester home, bringing the total at that point to three. On the same day, ...

At 8.15 a.m. on 6 August 1945, a B-29 bomber called Enola Gay dropped ‘Little Boy’ over Hiroshima. The thermal radiation from ...

History teaches lessons, but not everyone interprets them the same way. In the West, the defeats of World War II led to a new world order.

Today marks three years since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine began. As Europe prepares to boost its defence in ...

Boris Johnson abruptly ended a live interview in Kyiv on Good Morning Britain on Monday. Speaking from the Ukrainian capital three years after Russia’s invasion, the former PM said he believed a ...

His grandfather, Emperor Hirohito, was Japan’s wartime leader, and his father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, devoted his reign to reconciliation and acknowledging the war’s devastation.

Later Sunday, he was to celebrate his birthday at a palace banquet. The war was fought in the name of his grandfather, then- Emperor Hirohito. Naruhito said he and Masako, who were born after the war, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy of World War II to younger generations, pledging to contribute to efforts ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy ...

The war was fought in the name of his grandfather, then- Emperor Hirohito. Naruhito said he and Masako, who were born after the war, have learned from his parents by hearing their stories of ...