Achilles fighting Memnon during the Trojan War, depicted on a vase from Vulci, 510 BCE. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public ...

The Trojan War was a time of heroes. From the swift-footed Achilles, and the hot-headed Prince Paris, to the beautiful Queen Helen, and the all-powerful gods, Zeus, Athena, and Aphrodite.

If you ask the average citizen of any country whether their leaders should start wars, almost all would give a resounding “No.” The public, overall, opposes war, but tolerates leaders who ...

Drawing parallels to ongoing conflicts, the NSA said, "Whether it is Ukraine, Russia, or any war, one of the major tasks that was neglected was creating and strengthening the national will." ...

Several times over the past three months, swarms of as many as 150 Ukrainian drones flew hundreds of miles into Russia, slamming into missile storage facilities, strategic fuel reservoirs ...

Three people, including a child, were killed following overnight Russian missile strikes in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. At least 19 people were wounded in the attack, which damaged multiple ...

Iran’s initial reaction suggested that the sides had once again averted an uncontrolled war, even if the prospect looms larger than ever. By Patrick Kingsley Reporting from Jerusalem Israel’s ...

A week into a mission of vengeance targeting war criminals in the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, a quartet of Ukrainian formations—the 36th Marine Brigade, 47th Mechanized Brigade and ...

A year into the war in Gaza, Israel is back at the site of its first battles and engaged in one of the most ferocious campaigns of the conflict, a do-over that offers a cautionary tale for its ...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia is open to a “reasonable compromise” but won’t make any concessions to end its war in Ukraine. “We aren’t going to make any concessions here ...

North Korea’s shipment of at least 3,000 troops to Russia—the latest and largest step in a massive effort to help Vladimir Putin in his war against Ukraine—holds serious implications for ...

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 974. Kharkiv region. Russian forces struck a local market in Kupiansk on October 24, killing an elderly woman and wounding 11 other people. Russia has intensified ...