The first photograph of our planet taken from outer space dates back to 1946, when the Americans utilised a captured German ...

The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its ...

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The rocket was introduced by the Germans in 1944 and was 14m long A German V2 rocket from World War II has been found nose down in the mud flats at Harwich Harbour in the east coast of England.

On Friday morning, Hezbollah fired 19 rockets at Israel. Ten were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, and they caused no injuries or damage. Israel responded with artillery ...

Dozens have been killed by rebel artillery attacks on government-held areas At least 35 civilians have been killed in a rocket attack on a busy market in a government-held district of Syria's ...

The firing of rockets at Israel by Palestinians in Gaza during the conflict in May amounted to war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The attacks "flagrantly violated" the laws of war ...