He was born in Munich during World War II, just two weeks before the Allies bombed the city in 1942. His father was away serving in the German army ... harvest lucrative rubber trees in a remote ...

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the Coast Guard cutter Icarus, shown here, sank a German U-boat off the North Carolina coast during WWII. (U.S. Coast Guard) After the Japanese ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's coast guard said Tuesday it had arrested a Chinese man in a rubber boat trying to "illegally" enter one of its outlying islands, as Beijing staged large-scale military ...

German lawmakers approved a major spending plan aimed at turbocharging its military and retooling its stagnating economy, shedding years of fiscal prudence. The Bundestag, the lower house of ...