China was the main theater in the East during the World Anti-Fascist War. On July 7, 1937, Japanese soldiers attacked Chinese ...

Ragging at Sabaragamuwa university has resulted in the loss of another student’s life and there is another incident of ...

On Wednesday, Trump proclaimed Thursday as a day for the United States to celebrate victory in World War II, insisting the ...

Emperor Shōwa (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name Hirohito, was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until ...

An early-career Streep was such a magnetic presence as Linda — earning an Oscar nomination — that it disguised a fairly thin role that mainly advanced the men's narrative. A rare contrast was ...

“When I first got the part, I had no idea what the world was that I’d be in charge of as the Emperor. So it started off as a big mystery. I had no idea that Palpatine would figure [into the ...

A 100-year-old veteran has described how she went "from school uniform into naval uniform" when she joined the Wrens to help defeat Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Growing up in London ...

Federal prosecutors said Faustin Nsabumukunzi, 65, lied about his role in the 1994 mass killings to obtain a green card and charged him with one count of visa fraud and two counts of attempted ...

The students returned to Duke before the flowers bloomed, but their mission was focused on the searing experience of the Pacific Theater in World War II. They were part of ... Hikotani also played the ...

Emperor Hirohito's scratchy penmanship will be on show for the first time with a collection of rare handwritten “waka” poems he composed in his waning years. The special exhibition at the ...