The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

The president of Northwestern Bell Telephone was summoned to Washington to assemble the first plans for Cold War civilian ...

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April 19 marks 250 years since the first gunfire of the American Revolution rang out at 5:30 a.m. northwest of Boston.

Chabahar, Iran’s southernmost port on the Makran coast, connects India with Afghanistan and Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

It may sound like a parody title, but there is a real Civil War first-person shooter game where 350 players can engage in ...

North Korea on Monday condemned joint US-South Korean military drills as a "provocative act", warning of the danger of sparking war with "an accidental single shot," days after Seoul's air force ...

Connecticut has a deep history with the Revolutionary War. Plenty of tales detail battles and bloodshed between colonial men and their British enemies, but what about the women? WSHU’s Molly ...

Marine Security Belt naval drills are held annually by Iran, China and Russia near the Gulf of Oman. The waters are strategically important for global trade and oil exports in particular.