Yes, the United States did, in fact, buy Alaska. In 1867, the US purchased the vast northern territory from the Russian Empire, then ruled by Tsar Alexander II, in a transaction that would later be ...

Join us as we delve into the epic story of the Yamato and Musashi at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval ...

Robert Copeland was a newly minted 30-year-old lawyer when he was called up for active duty at the outset of World War II. In October of 1944, at Leyte Gulf, he would steer his outgunned destroyer ...

DOHA, Qatar — Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla on Tuesday, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces — a significant move in a country located ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Saudi Arabia bombed a Yemeni port city Tuesday, targeting a UAE weapons shipment for separatist forces, prompting ...

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Most stock markets in the Gulf ended lower on Sunday in response to Friday's fall in oil prices amid thin holiday-season trading. Oil prices - a catalyst for the Gulf's financial ...

Downriver from New Orleans, behind heavy doors in grass-covered bunkers that stored artillery during World War II, are millions of dead fish. They're preserved and cataloged in rows of glass jars, ...

Peter Arnett does a live shot for CNN during the Gulf War in 1991 Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images Peter Arnett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter whose international war journalism brought him widespread ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Runners from across the country and around the world gathered at Keesler Federal Park at the end of the 10th annual Gulf Coast Marathon, with participants sharing deeply ...

The U.S. deployed two fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela Tuesday, marking what appeared to be the closest known approach of military aircraft to Venezuelan airspace to date, according to reports.

On December 10, 1944, an American admiral stated that the Japanese kamikaze attacks were “… beating the hell out of us.” December 10 had been seven weeks since the American troops landed on Leyte and ...

Iran's military fired ballistic and cruise missiles at simulated targets near the Persian Gulf on Friday as part of an exercise aimed at deterring foreign threats, a report said. The drills carried ...