The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian ...

As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the city of Bukavu, they are likely to have to fight their way through thousands of troops from Burundi, ramping ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that he looked forward to engaging with U.S. President Donald Trump, ...

It’s clear that America’s principal global adversaries are increasingly cooperating, and policymakers and experts are ...

A German U-boat sunk the USAT Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943, in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing 672 of the 902 servicemen, ...

M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...

Located in north-west Africa, just 140 kilometers from the Canary Islands, Western Sahara is a desert landscape with an arid climate. Since 1973, the POLISARIO liberation front has been fighting ...

A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials ...

Hitler's aim was to destabilize France, a key colonial power in the region, as well as Britain – through their colonies, ...

When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of ...

PFC Peter Dudenich of Ambridge and PVT William Patrick Nairn of Aliquippa are among 58 Pennsylvania soldiers who died the morning of Jan. 26, 1944, when their ship struck a Nazi mine being remembered ...

As part of a strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis during World War II, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 ...