The Ephemeral Habsburg Empire in Mexico. In 1869, artist Édouard Manet finished his painting of The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, depicting the death, by firing squad, of Maxi ...

American political and military leaders agree that European NATO countries should spend more for their own defense. To encourage that the Americans plan to remove U.S. forces from Europe and tell the ...

Iraq has been at war since 2003, when troops from the U.S. and Britain invaded to oust dictator Saddam Hussein. The invasion succeeded in less than 40 days, but resistance from irregulars and Islamic ...

April 3, 2025: In October 2024, Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at Israel but hit nothing of consequence as far as the Israel was concerned. Iran had launched 120 ballistic missiles at ...

April 3, 2025: North Korea has tested a missile launched ElectroMagnetic Pulse or EMP weapon. This took place on April 29th as the conventional missile warhead detonated at 72 kilometers altitude.

Beijing coveted the DRC's mineral trove -- a global position of immense economic import. In 2006 and 2007, Chinese front companies began buying DRC cobalt, copper and rare earth mineral operations. In ...

McClelland then addresses the rematch between the two men in the presidential election of 1860. As he takes us on the campaign trail, we clearly see the bitter rivalry, particularly from Douglas, who ...

April 2, 2025: The Military Sealift Command/MSC is having problems recruiting sufficient personnel to man the growing number of ships used by MSC to support American military and diplomatic missions ...

April 1, 2025: Mirage-2000 fighters finally arrived in Ukraine during February of this year. Ukrainian pilots had earlier been trained in France to fly the Mirage aircraft. France only has about 40 ...