VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 15, 2025 /CNW/ – Veterans Affairs Canada will host a commemorative event at Vancouver’s Sunset Beach to mark the 80th anniversary of the End of the Second World War and the ...

President Vladimir Putin spoke to the leaders of Belarus and Kazakhstan on Sunday to update them on the summit with U.S. President Donald Trump which the Kremlin has cast as a potentially significant ...

A 100-year-old World War Two veteran said VJ Day did not seem to be of any "great consequence" at the time, even though he ...

A heartfelt commemoration took place to honor World War II veterans stationed in the Pacific, featuring guest speakers and displays of milita ...

Anne-Grethe Morris, widow of the late Major Morris, has organized an exhibition of his photography that includes images of ...

At the half-century mark of the Twentieth Century, the “war to end all wars” had been fought and won. The surrender of Germany that ended the conflict in Europe on May 8, 1945 was labelled Victory in ...

Friday was the 80th anniversary of when the Japanese empire laid down their arms and surrendered to Allied forces marking the end of World War II.And it was the 101st birthday for a local man who ...

Even after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was not universally expected that Japan would ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World ...

The so-called “holy grail” of shipwrecks is the sinking of the Portuguese vessel, Flor de lar Mar. In 1511, it carried about ...

A Central Pennsylvania World War II veteran who flew dozens of combat missions in the Pacific theater will receive his ...

Hawaii conservation pioneer John Leong's innovative approach to battling invasive species draws renewed attention as the ...