Paul Kern, a WWI soldier, never slept again after a head injury, staying awake for 40 years while living a full, active life.

World War I reshaped the world, and this visualization shows how it unfolded day by day. Using Google Earth, follow the movement of battles, fronts, and major events throughout the war.

The WASPs risked their lives flying for the Army. But for decades, the U.S. government refused to recognize their military ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Imprisoned for murder, Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan ...

Between the 1910s and 1920s, in conjunction with the First World War, some inventions were developed whose discovery was facilitated, ...

Once a long-shot concept, the interceptor drone developed by private firm Wild Hornets is now key to Ukraine's defence against Russian ‌drones - and soon, possibly, to combatting Iranian ones in the ...

The story that caught my attention was that the dolls were not made by a toy company, but were produced by a Soviet gunpowder manufacturer. The Tambov Gunpowder Plant was producing more gunpowder than ...

Europe and Japan ready to help stabilise energy prices and secure oil chokepoint Leading nations in Europe, with Japan, said they would act to stabilise energy markets and join "appropriate efforts" ...