you've almost definitely heard the name "bazooka" used to refer to an individual rocket launcher weapon. The weapon originally went into production in the early 1940s, near the end of World War II ...

The public-service billboards along Liberia's roadways only begin to hint at the magnitude of challenges facing a nation trying to right itself after 14 years of civil war that ended in 2003.

It was during those trial runs, though, that the soon-to-be realized M9A1 Rocket Launcher would receive its nickname from onlookers. Rewinding a bit, in the mid-1930s, before World War II broke ...

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — An international war crimes court upheld the conviction and 50-year sentence of former Liberian President ... country’s 11-year civil war, which left an ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday that Syria may be weeks away from plunging into another civil war or collapsing altogether. Rubio, who met with top Syrian officials last week ...

In 1936, as Spain descended into a bloody civil war, the left-wing Republican side put out an international call for help. They were fighting against the right-wing Nationalists, who were led by ...

Pope Leo XIV carries on his pectoral cross, among others, a relic of an Augustinian martyr bishop, Anselmo Polanco, who was executed during the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War. In addition to ...

It’s not the first time Sudan’s had a famine. It’s not the first time Sudan’s had a civil war in the last 10 years, 20 years, 30 years,” he said. “As bad as it is—and it’s never be ...

The National Guard of Ukraine has presented a modernised multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS ... In the context of the ongoing war, the mobility and low visibility of the system enable the National ...

Between 1989 and 2003, more than 50,000 children were enlisted in the Liberian and Sierra Leonean civil wars. Lives were torn ...

At a Memorial Day ceremony, hundreds of people honored their sacrifices with an outdoor mass and Civil War era music. “I think it’s the best way we can help represent what they did,” said ...