Gene Simmons was eight years old when he immigrated from Israel to Queens. He didn’t speak English and could hardly fathom ...

Wildlife rescuers Jared and Lisa Karran say miniature dachshund Valerie, who had been missing for 16 months on Kangaroo ...

VE Day will be honoured and remembered with dedicated programming across TV, iPlayer, Radio and Sounds marking the 80th ...

Rising from the fires of the French Revolution, one young man reached the top of European politics – not through seizing ...

Chopin would have been playing some miniatures of his own ... is the Museum of Relief Maps. It houses military models, from a time when Europe was almost constantly at war.

His father, Alexius, had fought in Mexico against Benito Juárez, in 1867, as a hussar in the army of Maximilian, Archduke of Austria and ... in some cases nearly miniatures.

In the largest foreign exercise involving ground troops in 30 years, the Swiss army is practising recapturing land with Austrian and German soldiers. The fictitious scenario comes at a time of geo ...

The accident, which occurred at around midnight on Wednesday, took place during a night exercise, the Swiss army said in a press release. According to the Lower Austria regional police ...

It’s one of the most popular hikes in Europe, with comfortable cabins and three-course meals, but it’s also a physical and ...

Voters on Tuesday approved $6 million in bond funding for the Boone County Fire Protection District, which plans to use the money for new fire vehicles, equipment and other improvements. With 100% ...