World War

78th anniversary of D-Day: Looking back at one of the largest armadas in history

D-Day, 6 June 1944, continues to be one of the world's most gut-wrenching and consequential battles, as the Allied forces landing in Normandy led to the liberation of France which marked the turning point in the Western theatre of World War II

Ukraine-Russia war: About 300 died in strike on Mariupol theater on 16 March, finds report

The post on a Telegram channel Friday cited eyewitnesses, but it was not immediately clear whether emergency workers had finished excavating the theater ruins or how witnesses arrived at the horrific figure of lives lost

Explained: Will Russia’s strongest ally Belarus join the war in Ukraine?

Russian forces are suffering massive losses in Ukraine, as the war enters its third week. There’s a possibility of Vladimir Putin turning to Alexander Lukashenko for help

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US president Joe Biden show different styles and missions

While Zelenskyy is fighting to save his nation, Biden is trying to restore a shattered world order without igniting a world war

The making of war: The complicated history of Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Germany explained

“There is no Ukraine!” The Kremlin’s narrative is not new and it’s not restricted to the conflict-hit nation alone. The Communists and the Nazis believed that many countries between Russia and Germany — Poland, Romania, Belarus, Finland — had no right to exist. A look at where it all began

Russian missiles strike Kyiv's Babyn Yar: All you need to know about this World War II memorial site

In 1941, Nazi troops massacred more than 33,000 Jews at the ravine on the northern edge of the city of Kyiv. Eighty years later, it once again sees violence and destruction when Russian bombed the area

Getting through COVID-19 pandemic: As in times of war, economic depression and civil strife, here's why cricket can get us back on track

To be able to bring a nation together despite its many problems is something sport, especially cricket, has always been able to. And for nations where it has been popular, cricket has been the sport of choice for governments.

‘WWII was a German crime’: Germany expresses remorse on commemoration of deadliest war’s 80th anniversary in Poland, asks for forgiveness

Germany president expressed deep remorse for the suffering his nation inflicted on Poland and the rest of Europe during World War II, warning of the dangers of nationalism as world leaders gathered on Sunday in the country where the war started at incalculable costs.

80th anniversary of World War II: Leaders from US, Germany, Poland hold ceremony at site of first bombing

Leaders including German chancellor Angela Merkel and US vice president Mike Pence on Sunday will mark 80 years since the start of World War Two in Poland, with the conflict still a live political issue in the country.

'How naive we seem': US newspaper looks back at what its editors wrote on the day WW II began

Germany, US, and Poland are among the European countries who will be commemorating the 80th anniversary of World War Two on Sunday, 1 September 2019.