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US World War Two memorial vandalized with soap, graffiti, government vows to find perpetrator

The fountain bubbled over with suds and someone painted "Clean hands Dirty $" on one surface, splattering the area with red and green paint.

Members of the National Guard stand near the World War II Memorial, after the pool was reportedly vandalized with soap and graffiti, in Washington, DC, US, August 13, 2026.
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos.

Ethiopia, US reinforce commitment to partner on cross-sectional issues - opinion

AN AI-generated political cartoon depicting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at court with anti-Israel protesters in the background alongside the US Founding Fathers.

New York must heed the warning signs before we ask, 'How did this happen?' - opinion

Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to present Gold Star medals to service members, who were involved in the country's military campaign in Ukraine and awarded the title of Hero of Russia, in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025.

Putin embraces the dark corners of Russia’s history – opinion


Polish detectorists find 2,000-year-old Roman spatha sword while searching for WWII relics

Experts believe the sword was deposited as a funerary offering during a Przeworsk culture burial.

 Roman spatha sword dating back 2000 years found in Poland's Jura region.

Lost WWII Brazilian warship Vital de Oliveira identified after 80 years

On July 19, 1944, the German submarine U-861 torpedoed the Vital de Oliveira, sinking it and killing about 100 of the 270 crew members.

 Lost WWII Brazilian warship Vital de Oliveira identified after 80 years.

Secret WWII tunnels under London to become new tourist attraction

The £120 million transformation will create a museum, exhibition hall, and entertainment zone in the Kingsway Exchange Tunnels.

 Secret WWII tunnels under London to become new tourist attraction.

Remains of US soldier missing since World War II identified after 80 years

Bryant, at the time 23 -years-old, was assigned to Company B, 4th Ranger Battalion, a unit known as Darby's Rangers.

Operation Avalanche 1943

Korean-Japanese dive probes fate of 183 drowned at Josei coal mine in WWII

Japanese government says it's 'practically difficult' to conduct an investigation due to unclear burial location.

 Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

Japan airport shut after likely WW2-era bomb explodes near runway, 87 flights cancelled

The cause of the explosion was an American bomb that had been buried beneath the land surface.

 Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows part of a damaged taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Oct. 2, 2024. The airport's runway was closed earlier in the day after an explosion was reported, resulting in the suspension of all Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways flights.

Pre-Oct. 7 Hamas plan revealed: Dig up WWI, WWII graves and blackmail Britain - report

Hamas planned to extort Britain with the bodies, intending to claim a payment and have Britain retract Liz Truss's comments on an embassy in Jerusalem.

A Palestinian police man walks between the graves of thousands of allied soldiers who died in the bloody Battle of Gaza during World War One at the Commonwealth War Gaza Cemetery in the Gaza Strip. More than 3,000 fallen soldiers came from Britain, New Zealand, India, South Africa and the West Indie

Caring for the graves of Jewish WWII soldiers, 80 years on 

Operation Benjamin: making sure the graves of Jewish American GIs who fell in World War II are properly marked.

 DR. STEWART SADOWSKY and Dr. Samantha Baskind lower the casket of First Lt. Nathan Baskind into the grave, overseen by Normandy American Cemetery superintendent Scott Desjardins.

'Your Presence Is Mandatory': Connecting Ukraine’s past and present

Traversing time and geography through literature.

 UKRAINIAN WAR prisoner, guarded by serviceman of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic army, awaits the next round of prisoner exchange, in Alexandrovka village

Jewish D-Day veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave to receive a proper burial

The group had never before uncovered a Jewish American who had been buried with the very Nazis he was fighting.

Troops in an LCVP landing craft approach Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944