World War Two

University of Oklahoma Returns 130-Year-Old Impressionist Painting Stolen by the Nazis

An impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro in 1886 will be transferred to its rightful owner afte...

Feb 24, 2016 05:56 AM EST

Outburst of compassion in Europe puts lid on far right -for now

European far right parties have called refugees streaming into the region "terrorists", a "ticking t...

Sep 24, 2015 09:59 PM EDT

War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, North Africa: U.N.

Conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from ...

Sep 03, 2015 04:03 AM EDT

Ghosts of WW2 haunt East Asia as Abe readies anniversary statement

Seventy years after Japan's defeat in World War Two, the conflict's legacy haunts East Asia and reco...

Aug 12, 2015 09:48 AM EDT

Abe's cabinet approves Japan security bills; voters wary, confused

Japan's cabinet approved on Thursday bills to implement a drastic shift in security policy allowing ...

May 14, 2015 10:49 AM EDT

Japan ruling bloc signs off on security legislation, public split

Japanese ruling party officials signed off on Monday on bills to implement a drastic change in secur...

May 11, 2015 07:54 AM EDT

Russia stages WW2 victory parade, draws rebuke from Ukraine

Thousands of troops marched across Moscow's Red Square on Saturday and tanks rumbled through streets...

May 09, 2015 08:26 AM EDT

South Korea brands Japan bid for heritage status for industrial sites 'historic distortion'

South Korea on Thursday condemned as "historic distortion" an effort by Japan to register 19th centu...

May 08, 2015 10:00 AM EDT

PM Abe's party eyes revision of Japan pacifist constitution by late 2018

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party wants to revise Japan's constitution by late 2018 to remove...

Apr 27, 2015 09:07 AM EDT

Korean wartime sex slave calls on Japan PM to apologize on U.S. trip

An 88-year-old South Korean woman forced to become a sex slave in Japanese military brothels during ...

Apr 25, 2015 08:34 AM EDT

Japanese PM Abe makes ritual offering at Yasukuni shrine, irks neighbors

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering on Tuesday to a Tokyo shrine for war dead,...

Apr 21, 2015 05:26 AM EDT

With eye on Japan, China plans big military parades under Xi: sources

Chinese troops are rehearsing for a major parade in September where the People's Liberation Army (PL...

Feb 13, 2015 06:43 AM EST

Mussolini's air raid bunker to open to the public

Benito Mussolini's personal air raid shelter is opening to the public, 74 years after Italy's former...

Oct 27, 2014 06:49 AM EDT

Japan sees growing chance of Abe holding talks with China's Xi

Expectations are growing in Japan that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Chinese President Xi Jinp...

Oct 08, 2014 06:06 AM EDT

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