After winning two gold medals in 2016 and 2021, Kenyan marathon great Eliud Kipchoge will return to the Olympics, this time as a flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic ...

The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...

Each year on February 15, followers gather at Sulfur Bay near the smoking slopes of Mount Yasur, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, to celebrate John Frum Day. Dressed in improvised military ...

The world of samurai is being showcased at the British Museum in London. A new exhibition aims to show how these iconic Japanese figures were far more than fierce warriors.

Shortly after Mark Aguirre’s number was enshrined in the AAC rafters, Flagg broke the Mavericks great’s franchise record for points in a game by a rookie.

Earlier this month, the Cook Islands came under intense scrutiny when a sanctioned oil tanker was identified sailing under ...

A certain image of the Winter Olympics persists in the American imagination: a ski-fest ruled by Austrians and Norwegians, ...

The flag has long been a great symbol of pride for the nation. For centuries, flags have been used as powerful symbols to not only inspire patriotism and a sense of community but also as a form of ...

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Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Executive Order 9066 was issued — the culmination of fomenting anti-Asian sentiment — and President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the removal of ...

Two of the stars of Japanese history are samurai and ninja, and the Samurai and Ninja Museum in Tokyo gives guests the opportunity to learn about, and even experience, different aspects of the two ...