Headlines- The US Central Command (CENTCOM) denied reports that a US aircraft was shot down in Iran, which have been making the rounds in Iranian media.
- US president Donald Trump is still not ready to sign the ceasefire extension deal, according to US Vice President JD Vance, who stated on Thursday that the US and Iran had made major progress toward it.
- Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, stated that his country wants to control 70% of the Gaza Strip.
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), arrived the Democratic Republic of the Congo late on Thursday.
- After an explosion on Thursday, a large fire tore through an apartment building in Dallas, killing people, according to authorities.
Tag: World War II
D-Day + 75 Years
Seventy five years ago, Allied forces launched a massive naval, air and land assault to liberate Europe from the shackles of Nazi Germany. What lessons did we learn from D-Day and World War II? And what are the U.S. and the rest of world doing to prevent future global conflicts?
D-Day Re-Enactments
As ceremonies take place to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, thousands of military personnel and civilians have taken part in re-enactments of famous battles and landmark events across Normandy. As Henry Ridgwell reports from the town of Carentan
75 Years On, D-Day Veterans Return...
75 years ago, thousands of American troops were preparing to take part in D-Day – when Allied forces crossed the English Channel from Britain to invade German-occupied France on the beaches of Normandy. They faced ferocious resistance – but ‘Operation Overlord’ was ultimately successful, and Nazi Germany fell eleven months later
New Holocaust and Genocide Exhibit Opens...
Twenty-five years have passed since Rwanda’s horrific genocide, but for survivor Sylvestre Sendacyeye, the memories remain fresh. He was one of several survivors of genocides — stretching as far back as the mass slaughter of Jews during World War II — on hand to commemorate the opening of a new, permanent exhibition at the Holocaust and Genocide Center in Johannesburg
Japanese War Brides: Telling a Mother’s...
A Journalist telling the story of Japanese Wives of American servicemen during World War 2