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HOW DOUGHNUTS HELPED KEEP SPIRITS HIGH ON THE FRONTLINE OF WORLD WAR I
His Government's tactics were deliberately replicated in World War II, not only by the Americans, but by countries all over the world, including Germany... READ MORE›
OPINION | THE TRUMPS AND KUSHNERS MAY SPELL THE END OF THE WILSONIAN WORLD
For the moment, U.S. diplomacy and even the U.S. military are operating within a Wilsonian framework, too... READ MORE›
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IS THIS THE START OF WORLD WAR III? THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
World War II began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, leading to Britain and France to declare war on Germany days later... READ MORE›
SAINSBURYS CHRISTMAS AD IS A DANGEROUS AND DISRESPECTFUL MASTERPIECE
Perhaps the greatest truism, even cliche about the first world war is that nobody ever really understood why it happened, what it was all about... READ MORE›
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR
In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›
AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
BATTLEFIELD LANDSCAPES FROM FIRST WORLD WAR 100 YEARS ON
Above, the landscape of the Newfoundland Memorial Park, in Beaumont Hamel, with trenches, shell crater and wire pickets... READ MORE›
US AND CHINA NEGOTIATE ARMS DEAL FOR CYBERSPACE
Mr. Obama, who has said little about the United States' development of cyberweapons during his presidency, has begun to talk about it in recent days... READ MORE›
AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
TOWER POPPY DISPLAY TO GO ON TOUR
The Royal British Legion has said it hopes the sale of the poppies, after the installation has been dismantled, will raise in excess of 15m... READ MORE›
AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›
GERMAN CONSERVATIVES ARE DESTROYING EUROPE WITH AUSTERITY, SAYS ECONOMIST THOMAS PIKETTY
German conservatives are destroying europe with austerity says economist thomas piketty... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'
An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›
'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA
Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
AUSTRIA NOW SAYS OVER 70 BODIES THOUGHT TO BE MIGRANTS WERE IN TRUCK
The Austrian daily newspaper Kronen Zeitung said that 71 bodies were recovered from the truck... READ MORE›
13/66 GOOGLE DOODLE CELEBRATING OSKAR FISCHINGER
The Norwegian explorer and humanitarian activist Fridtjof Nansen 1861-1930 is the subject of today's Google Doodle, marking the 156th anniversary of the adventurer's birth... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM
Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›
DIGITAL MOSAIC OF FALLEN WW1 PRIVATE
Artist, Helen Marshall, 43, said she looked through hundreds of World War One images before choosing Pte Beaney... READ MORE›
READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH
Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›
WOODROW WILSON MADE DEMOCRACY UNSAFE FOR THE WORLD
This week is the 100th anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson's speech to Congress seeking a declaration of war against Germany... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT MOCKS PUTIN IN FRONT OF UNITED NATIONS
On Monday the Ukrainian delegation pointedly left the hall when Russian President Vladimir Putin started speaking... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS
In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›
FOREST OUTSIDE NAZI DEATH CAMP YIELDS DISTURBING FIND
During World War II, the Nazis were known to adjust Stutthof's size depending on their needs... READ MORE›
AS DOORS CLOSE SYRIAN REFUGEES DESPAIR
In October, the European Union bolstered its support for the food distribution program... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAN PRISON GUARDS 'COOKED FEMALE PRISONERS BABY AND FED IT TO THEIR DOGS'
North Korean prison officers 'cooked prisoner's baby and fed it to their dogs', more horrific accounts from UN report reveal... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS
We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING SREBRENICA MASSACRE CRIME OF GENOCIDE
Britain, Russia and the United States had sought to come to a consensus on the text in recent days... READ MORE›
U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX
As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›
GRAPH OF WORLD WARS BY NUMBER DEAD AND DURATION OF CONFLICT SHOWS HOW WAR IS VERY MUCH NOT BEHIND US
It might be 100 years since the Great War, but the world remains a very turbulent place... READ MORE›