Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister who retired from office in 2020 after a bout of health problems, was shot ...

N. Korea marks 31st anniv. of founder's death North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C, front) visits the Kumsusan Palace of the ...

U.S. stocks hit a record high Thursday as the market closed for the holiday weekend. But the adage what goes up must come down proved true Monday morning as stocks dropped amid talk of ending the ...

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

At Independence Mall, veterans from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, active U.S. Army generals, and local city officials, including Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, led multiple festivities, ...

As Israel prepares to celebrate its 77th Independence Day, it stands at a fascinating crossroads as a nation forged in conflict yet thriving as a “Start-Up Nation” with global influence in ...

March 2 nd. Ethiopians celebrated Adwa’s victory over the colonial Italy invasion in 1896 and Koreans commemorated the March 1st,1919 Movement, the Korean Declaration of Independence from Japanese ...

March 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1836, Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico. In 1899, President William McKinley signed legislation establishing Mount Rainier National Park in ...

Children leave handprints to make a Taegeukgi, the Korean national flag, at an event at a bookstore in Suwon, Gyeonggi, on Feb. 27, ahead of the 106th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement ...

A visually striking period drama from Woo Min-ho, “Harbin” follows Korean independence activist Ahn Jung-geun (Hyun Bin) as he plans the assassination of Japan’s Prime Minister in 1909 ...