During talks on Tuesday, December 2, Beijing and Moscow "updated each other and coordinated on issues related to Japan, reaching a high degree of consensus," China's Foreign Ministry said in a release ...

In July of 1872, led by the president of the Chicago Northwestern Railroad, construction began on the 1.4-mile-long Sturgeon ...

The Hudson’s Bay Company Royal Charter - considered one of the country's founding documents - will be donated to Canadian museums and archives.

Christine Kuehn knew hardly anything about her father’s family. But when a mysterious letter reaches her doorstep in 1994, it kicks off a 30-year journey uncovering her family's Nazi history, and ...

In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Cannon fire, fighter jets, missiles and goose-stepping troops filled Tiananmen Square in a ...

Journalist Michelle Young talked about the background and personal life of Rose Valland, a female spy who worked for the French Resistance at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris during World War II.

PARIS (AP) — Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be greeted by brass bands and Christmas trees when he arrives in Britain for a ...

Regular readers will know that the usual spirit of my weekly cultural column is to praise and not to blame. Well, not this ...

On Dec. 3, 2013, a federal judge ruled that Detroit was eligible for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

A historic agreement is bringing closure and connection to a family, as two nearly 175-year-old jars, crafted by an enslaved ...

One of the most important events in the modern history of the Catholic Church will soon reach a historical milestone. Dec. 8 marks the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council – ...