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President Vladimir Putin leveraged a World War II commemoration on Thursday to whip up support for his army's intervention in Ukraine, comparing the fighting to Nazi Germany's invasion and hinting Moscow could use nuclear weapons.

The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army, remains a powerful symbol of patriotism in Russia as it presses its war in Ukraine.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said Netaji's popularity and Indians in the British armed forces joining the INA during World War II was the primary reason why India achieved Independence.

China on Tuesday said Australia should remember Japan's war crimes during World War II before cozying up to the regional power.

Germany has formally rejected a World War II reparations claim estimated to be 1.3 trillion euros ($1.4 trillion), the Polish foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

The last surviving crew member of a British Royal Air Force squadron that targeted Nazi Germany's industrial heartland in World War II has died aged 101, media said Thursday.

Hannah Goslar, one of Anne Frank's best friends who like her was held in the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp during World War II, died on Friday aged 93, the Anne Frank Foundation said.

The world is probably entering the "most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday, presenting the Ukraine conflict as part of a wider struggle against western domination.

A 100-year-old woman from the United Kingdom has received an honorary degree from the University of Sheffield in recognition of the hard work she did during World War II

A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for mobilisation, the first since World War II, one-way tickets out of Russia swiftly sold out and ticket prices skyrocketed.

The US Department of Defense is reviewing its psychological warfare operations following reports of Twitter and Facebook removing nearly 150 US and Britain-origin accounts in July and August engaging in "inauthentic behavior." The accounts came from a series of campaigns over five years rather than one single effort, according to a report by Graphi...

The February 24 Russian invasion triggered the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, leaving over 6.8 million Ukrainians registered as refugees across the continent, according to the latest United Nations figures.

A merchant ship under US sanctions passed Turkey's Bosphorus Strait on its way from Syria to Russia late last month. European intelligence officials who tracked the Sparta II say it carried military vehicles to bolster Russia's war in Ukraine.

Bull Sand Fort, reinforced by concrete and fitted out with 12 inches (30cm) of armour, is designed to withstand gunfire from battleships.

A US navy destroyer sunk during World War II has been found nearly 7,000 metres (23,000 feet) below sea level off the Philippines, making it the world's deepest shipwreck ever located, an American exploration team said.

President Vladimir Putin leveraged a World War II commemoration on Thursday to whip up support for his army's intervention in Ukraine, comparing the fighting to Nazi Germany's invasion and hinting Moscow could use nuclear weapons.

The Battle of Stalingrad, which turned the tide of World War II 80 years ago when German forces capitulated to the Red Army, remains a powerful symbol of patriotism in Russia as it presses its war in Ukraine.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said Netaji's popularity and Indians in the British armed forces joining the INA during World War II was the primary reason why India achieved Independence.

China on Tuesday said Australia should remember Japan's war crimes during World War II before cozying up to the regional power.

Germany has formally rejected a World War II reparations claim estimated to be 1.3 trillion euros ($1.4 trillion), the Polish foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

The last surviving crew member of a British Royal Air Force squadron that targeted Nazi Germany's industrial heartland in World War II has died aged 101, media said Thursday.

Hannah Goslar, one of Anne Frank's best friends who like her was held in the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp during World War II, died on Friday aged 93, the Anne Frank Foundation said.

The world is probably entering the "most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday, presenting the Ukraine conflict as part of a wider struggle against western domination.

A 100-year-old woman from the United Kingdom has received an honorary degree from the University of Sheffield in recognition of the hard work she did during World War II

A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for mobilisation, the first since World War II, one-way tickets out of Russia swiftly sold out and ticket prices skyrocketed.

The US Department of Defense is reviewing its psychological warfare operations following reports of Twitter and Facebook removing nearly 150 US and Britain-origin accounts in July and August engaging in "inauthentic behavior." The accounts came from a series of campaigns over five years rather than one single effort, according to a report by Graphi...

The February 24 Russian invasion triggered the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, leaving over 6.8 million Ukrainians registered as refugees across the continent, according to the latest United Nations figures.

A merchant ship under US sanctions passed Turkey's Bosphorus Strait on its way from Syria to Russia late last month. European intelligence officials who tracked the Sparta II say it carried military vehicles to bolster Russia's war in Ukraine.

Bull Sand Fort, reinforced by concrete and fitted out with 12 inches (30cm) of armour, is designed to withstand gunfire from battleships.

A US navy destroyer sunk during World War II has been found nearly 7,000 metres (23,000 feet) below sea level off the Philippines, making it the world's deepest shipwreck ever located, an American exploration team said.