The mystery of an affectionate letter sent “from a trench” by a Second World War soldier weeks before he died has united the ...

Russia is believed to have transported tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers to the front lines by rail and air.

Poilu - roughly pronounced pwa-loo - translates literally as ‘hairy one’. The word poil means 'hair' but in humans more ...

The United Nations has accused Israel of “severe violations” of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in “engineering groundwork activities” that encroach on a key buffer zone in ...