1865: Confederate president Jefferson Davis signs a bill authorising the use of slaves as soldiers in the American Civil War. 1868: The Senate begins the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.

There have been war movies for almost as long as there have been movies. One of the foundational genres of cinema, war films have entertained and instructed audiences for generations, some by ...

Ukraine is entering the fourth year of all-out war with Russia on Monday, unsure it can rely any longer on its staunchest ally the United States for financial and military commitment, as its ...

US special envoy Steve Witkoff suggested Sunday that the war in Ukraine wasn’t “necessarily” provoked by the Kremlin, while predicting that a mineral deal with Kyiv would get “signed this ...

The war is over. Not the war in Ukraine or Gaza — I mean the war on inflation. Shoppers, understandably, are still freaking out in the grocery aisles, most recently over egg prices. Meanwhile ...

All these rules are known as International Humanitarian Law (known as IHL) or the Law of Armed Conflicts and are intended to mitigate the horrors of war. People flee following Israeli air strikes ...

President Trump says the U.S. has spent $350 billion on the war in Ukraine—a figure that is at odds with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s tally, as well as U.S. government agencies and ...

The UCDP estimates that 174,000 to 420,000 people have been killed during the three years of Russia's war in Ukraine. More details on how these figures are compiled can be found here . Civilian ...

What are the best war games? It’s a tricky question to answer since there’s been a long history of war titles in the world of video games. Conceptually, it never changes, whether you’re figh ...

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, we’ve compiled statistics that reveal the toll of the Kremlin’s military campaign. Beyond the battlefield, the war has altered the lives of ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya The world’s youngest nation faces the threat of war yet again. This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission ...

After failing to achieve a quick victory, the conflict has dragged on for three years, evolving into a war of attrition marked by heavy casualties, widespread destruction, shifting front lines and ...