Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

On this day in aviation history, January 20, 1941, the Brazilian Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) was ...

On the evening of May 4, 1945, the officers and crew of the salvage and submarine rescue vessel USS Penguin ASR-12 were celebrating the apparent end of WWII in the Atlantic theater. Buoyed by the ...

The island’s navy highlighted its Kuang Hua VI fast attack missile boats and Tuo Chiang-class corvettes in waters near Taiwan’s largest port of Kaohsiung, which is a major hub for ...

During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the ... Its primary objective in the Atlantic: to spot and report German U-boats, which were wreaking havoc on Allied ships.

A Border Patrol chief says dozens of agents detained two child rapists and “other criminals” from several countries as part of a Kern County immigration enforcement operation — and that ...

In 1914, the German Army sought a swift decisive victory over France, invading from the north. The plan failed, leading to a years-long bloody stalemate where millions of soldiers braved horrific ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Abandoned and derelict boats may have an ongoing presence on the Willamette River, but Multnomah County’s River Patrol Unit reports that a good chunk of these illegal ...

BERLIN - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who is favoured to succeed Olaf Scholz as chancellor, would support a new attempt at talks on a free trade deal with the United States in ...

TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday that Chinese warplanes and warships had carried out the first "combat patrol" around the island of the New Year, after Taiwan President Lai ...

HMS Dagger is a Cutlass-class fast patrol boat serving in the British Royal Navy, primarily tasked with sovereignty protection and coastal security duties. With a top speed of 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 ...

BERLIN — The German government on Wednesday condemned a series of incidents on New Year’s Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked and injured, mostly with fireworks.