World War 2

Mandatory military service was introduced for some women in World War 2. 13:14, Thu, Jan 8, 2026 Updated: 13:16, Thu, Jan 8, 2026 Women were called up in World War 2 (Image: Getty) While men have traditionally been conscripted in wartime, women have fought for King and country too. On…

Published January 7, 2026 9:29pm Cars drive along a street during a blackout, which left thousands of homes without power after a suspected arson attack at the Lichterfelde power plant in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district in southern Berlin, Germany, January 6, 2026. REUTERS/ Lisi Niesner BERLIN — Electricity was restored to southwestern…

This Christmas story dates back to World War 2. When the surviving Polish children of Oudtshoorn are gone, the memories, the monument, the history, heritage and culinary traditions will live on...Read More

An Oxford ghost and records of human poo are among the strangest stories of 2025. The city of dreaming spires is an iconic, historic place known around the world – as is its surrounding countryside which includes the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. It’s a famous destination, but also sometimes a strange one…

By Friederike Heine and Matthias Williams BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Sunday for ​a "dignified" peace and guarantees that Russia would not ​attack Ukraine again as he prepared to meet U.S. envoys and European allies in Berlin to ⁠end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War…

Are Inkle feeding us false intelligence? Image credit: Inkle 80 Days and Heaven's Vault developers Inkle are making a new "narrative deduction game" and audio drama called TR-49, in which you fiddle with a bunch of creepy old machines. It's based - or so they tell us - on a…

By PHIL STEWART , TREVOR HUNNICUTT, Reuters Published September 6, 2025 5:50am Updated September 6, 2025 11:50am WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense as the "Department of War," reverting to a title it held until after World War…

President Donald Trump reportedly plans to sign an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the "Department of War," a White House official told Reuters on Thursday. According to a White House fact sheet, the order would authorise Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department and subordinate…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during their visit to Beijing to attend China's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency After Kim…

Members of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy march during the rehearsal ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025. — Reuters US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised China’s “beautiful ceremony” commemorating the end…