In June 1944 during World War II, Japanese tanks charged Marine lines on Saipan believing their armor would protect them. The ...

In 1942, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal were being erased by unseen Japanese forces in the jungle. Lieutenant Colonel William Whaling answered with a radical idea: small hunter teams ...

At a potentially historic business and diplomatic conference held last week at the East-West Center in Manoa, leaders from Pacific Island nations and territories talked to American business leaders ...

It’s okay for those of us who said the GAA were mad to move the All-Ireland finals from September to admit we were wrong ...

From Jessie Buckley in a reworking of Bride of Frankenstein to Tommy Shelby's big-screen debut, these are the films to watch at the cinema and stream at home this month.

Now in its 20th year, Solas Nua’s festival at AFI Silver spans genres, languages, and styles, but each film captures a bit of ...

Sgt. Ross F. Gray carried a satchel charge though a minefield while under heavy Japanese fire. What followed became one of the most extraordinary individual actions of the Pacific War, earning Gray ...

Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense systems in the Pacific, which would lead to one of the costliest ...

Aboard the Battleship New Jersey, surrounded by friends, family and the ship’s important legacy, John “Johnny Q” Quinesso Sr. marked a milestone: his 100th ...

An emotional Jessie Buckley said the past year had been a “roller-coaster” as she was named winner in the lead actress in a film category at the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards (Iftas) on ...

The failure to thoroughly reckon with Japan's wartime crimes after World War II (WWII) has left militarism dormant, only to erupt some day in the future if going unchecked. Although Emperor Hirohito's ...

Iran has previously threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic in retaliation for Western pressure; oil giants will not risk their frigates being torn apart by Iranian mines and may ...