Hamas said on Friday it was ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four others, after the Palestinian ...

Discover East Alton's history, from its origins as Emerald to its incorporation in 1893, with D.G. Tomlinson as the first ...

The statue commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the US civil war.

As a Confederate soldier, he fought for the Southern pro ... His steamboat – The Arctic – collided with a French vessel off Newfoundland in Canada. The ship sank and James spent three days ...

Russia has launched a record number of drones into Ukraine on the eve of the three-year anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion.

The requirements for earning the badge were a lot different from today’s Purple Heart. Soldiers had to do something unusually heroic or perform some act that was essential to the success of the ...

Read more Subscribers only French PM Bayrou and left-wing opposition ... whose net worth exceeds €100 million, i.e. around 1,800 tax households in France. According to its proponents, this ...

This means UK troops could be deployed alongside soldiers from other European nations ... The meeting in Paris called by French President Emmanuel Macron will see Sir Keir joined by leaders ...

The British writer Rudyard Kipling requested information about his missing son, and Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno wrote asking after a French soldier whose connection to him is a mystery.