Designed to be indestructible, the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk met a tragic fate in 2000 when an explosion sent it crashing to the ocean floor. With no way to escape, its crew faced an ...

The Pentagon has proposed cutting 8 percent of its budget annually for five years but prioritized funding in areas like ...

Part one of two. An examination of events that took place in August 2000 when Russia's Northern Fleet was running a naval ...

Nazi Germany launched Operation Citadel in a desperate attempt to turn the tide on the Eastern Front. What followed was the ...

Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of ...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, then-U.S. President Joe Biden took a firm stand in solidarity with Kyiv, forged a bulwark of European ...

Ukraine’s new enemies are learning on the battlefield but have fatal orders to follow to avoid capture, says Kyiv. Here are the key developments on the 1,055th day of Russia’s full-scale ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In its 11th series, Home of the Year will feature 21 stunning homes in the counties of Carlow, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Dublin, ...

Operation Catchpole is launched as American troops devastate the Japanese defenders of Eniwetok and take control of the atoll in the northwestern part of the Marshall Islands. The loss for the ...

The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, the two largest communist nations in the world, announce the signing of a mutual defense and assistance treaty. The negotiations for the treaty ...