USS Nevada was one of America’s most famous battleships during World War II and the only battleship that attempted to escape Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack in 1941. As bombs and torpedoes ...

A DIRT-CHEAP Japanese castle, which features its own restaurant and elevator, has been listed for sale with a catch. The ...

On February 23, 1945, US Marines reached the summit of Mount Suribachi during the brutal Battle of Iwo Jima and raised an American flag to signal progress in one of World War II’s fiercest fights. A ...

This land produced no horses,” Qing Dynasty envoy Yu Yung-ho (郁永河) observed when he visited Taiwan in 1697. He didn’t mean that there were no horses at all; it was just difficult to transport them ...

Satay is not Malay. Not Indian. Not Chinese. Satay is Malaysian in the way the PETRONAS Twin Towers are Malaysian – ...

Launched in 1970 as Ford’s $2,000 import fighter, the Pinto sold millions before rear-impact fire fears triggered NHTSA scrutiny and a 1978 recall. Here’s the rush, the oil-crisis boom, and the legacy ...

A punchy history tour of iconic artillery, from early quick-firing field guns to WWII superweapons and Cold War ...

The regional bishops’ group has called for restoration of diplomacy, dialogue, and emphasized interreligious solidarity in the Middle East region ...

An eight-year-old Gold Coast schoolgirl has been killed in a tragic accident on the ski slopes of Japan while holidaying with her family. An eight-year-old Gold Coast schoolgirl has died on the ski ...

In Gianfranco Rosi’s transfixing film Pompei: Below the Clouds, crisis and collapse are ever present, but so is hope.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Thirty colorful floats paraded down Session Road on Sunday, marking the 30th edition of the Panagbenga Festival and capping a monthlong celebration that has become one of ...

The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman’s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel’s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi’s homegrown muralism, and more.