From the ashes of World War II, President Harry Truman helped create global institutions that have defined international order. President Trump is moving aggressively to scale back that U.S. role.

Both the United States and the Soviet Union, meanwhile, were elevated to superpower status. World War II also produced the United Nations, whose key objectives were to safeguard the sovereignty of ...

World War II changed the world forever. In 1945, the scars of the war were as fresh as many combat wounds. People feared ...

Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country ...

No distortion for UN General Assembly Resolution No. 2758 This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in China's War ...

As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the ...

Greece’s top diplomat says the world is facing the most turbulent time since World War II, pointing to a crossroads in ...

The sons of Africa were maimed and killed in wars they did not fully understand. In a nutshell, Africans and others like ...

The Resistance dreamed of establishing a new democratic regime in France. Partisan tensions disrupted the project's ...

Belarus’s events marking 80 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany were a show of state power—but also reflected real popular ...