A watch that belonged to a soldier during the First World War has been returned to his family in Kent after 107 years. It’s thought that Royal Field Artillery gunner George Burke lost his engraved ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain's King Alfonso ...

Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an influential architect and artist. Below the building's curved ...

The 26th Battalion was raised at Enoggera, Queensland, in April 1915 from recruits enlisted in Queensland and Tasmania, and formed part of the 7th Brigade. It left Australia in July, and, after ...

Each summer, the remote Italian island of Alicudi attracts a slow drip of tourists looking to escape the trappings of modernity. There are no cars or even roads on the two-square-mile volcanic ...

Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in Cape Town after going unrecognised for more than a century. The 1,772 ...

Italy has reduced the number of migrant boats from reaching the country with one main tactic. Giorgia Meloni has used money to cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa ...

ROME, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, officials from her office said on Friday, in a trip that ...

Catastrophe was only narrowly avoided when a soldier slipped on the ice outside Stockholm Palace, impaling himself through the head with his own bayonet. The soldier, who has not yet been named, was ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni holds the 2024 year-end press conference, in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 ...

Bringing Antique Bayonet and Scabbard Back to Life Posted: January 4, 2025 | Last updated: January 4, 2025 Step into the restoration of a rare bayonet and scabbard found deep in the forest with a ...