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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


Marjorie Taylor Greene compares COVID vaccine mandate to Nuremberg Code

Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has previously come under fire for Holocaust comparisons, compared a pending vaccine mandate for federal employees to the Nuremberg Code.

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN Marjorie Taylor Greene walks through the Capitol as Democrats debate an article of impeachment against then-president Donald Trump on January 13.

Prized porcelain seized by Nazis goes up for auction

A collection of highly valuable Meissen porcelain once owned by a German-Jewish couple before WWII is being auctioned in New York.

Illustration: Dish from a tea-service, c. 1740, this is an example of Meissen porcelain and not one of the objects currently in the Dutch collection

University of South Carolina to open Anne Frank Center

The Anne Frank Center is scheduled to launch in September on the Columbia campus with an exhibition and a learning program featuring photos, videos and artifacts.

Anne Frank at her writing table in 1940; how many Anne Franks were lost in the Holocaust?

Jerusalem highlights July 9-15: What's new in Israel's capital?

Soviet war films, art exhibits, fitness classes and a panel including former-teenagers, now adults, from the 2005 Disengagement from Gush Katif.

'SPINOZA, EXCOMMUNICATED,' 1907. The prince of philosophers will be discussed at Holzer books this Thursday.

Independence Day: A spoonful of hope

This 73rd Israel Independence Day we sing our National Anthem – Hatikvah - The Hope.

Pessy and Neville Krausz with their three sons around the time of the Six Day War

The heroic story of the Jewish Brigade in WWII

Tortured in Nazi concentration camps, these individuals survived to fight back. Many had lost relatives, who were assumed to have been gassed and slaughtered.

The Jewish Brigade

Building a unique Holocaust museum at Babyn Yar

Despite its notoriety, no museum or substantive memorial exists to mark Babyn Yar.

‘A GLIMPSE into the Past’ monument, unveiled this year on International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Babyn Yar.

Letter sent by British WWII soldier delivered after being lost 76 years

British Lance Corporal John Wheldon-Williams, who was serving in Italy, wrote the letter to Pat Moore in 1944.

Letters

Russia deploys advanced S-300 missiles to disputed islands near Japan

Japan is highly sensitive to military moves by Russia on the strategically important chain of islands that stretch northeast from Japan's Hokkaido to the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka.

People watch S-300 air defense missile systems launching missiles during the Keys to the Sky competition at the International Army Games 2017 at the Ashuluk shooting range outside Astrakhan, Russia, August 5, 2017.

The Nuremberg Trials - 75 years on

After six years of war, the Allied powers came together to deliver justice on Nazi leaders who had caused the deaths of millions of people.

Nazi defendants appear at the Nuremberg Trials