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Russia stages grand WWII parade ahead of vote on Putin reforms
The parade is held despite a ban on mass gatherings remaining in place. Russia has the third largest coronavirus caseload in the world after the United States and Brazil.
Putin accuses West of 'insulting' Russia over WWII legacy
Putin has blamed the Western powers and Poland in particular for World War II, pointing to various treaties signed with Nazi Germany before the conflict began in 1939
Russia in talks with world leaders to attend June WWII parade
'This will be coordinated with each country individually,' says Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov
Russia virus peak 'passed,' Putin orders WWII parade in June
'According to experts, the peak can be considered passed,' says Russian President Vladimir Putin
European leaders evoke WWII spirit to beat pandemic
In Berlin, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urges nations to remember how they joined forces to fight the tyranny of Nazism and says the same unity is needed now to defeat the coronavirus
Virus kills WWII veteran 100 years after twin died of Spanish flu
Philip Kahn is not the only person to die from the new coronavirus after losing a sibling to the 1918-19 Spanish flu
Trump to skip war anniversary in Moscow – Kremlin
President Vladimir Putin's spokesman tells journalists that Washington has notified Russia 'through diplomatic channels' that 'Trump will not come for May 9' Victory Day celebrations
California to apologize for World War II internment of Japanese
More than 120,000 Japanese-Americans were sent to 10 concentration camps throughout western states and Arkansas during World War II after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order
Venice shuts down for World War II-era bomb removal
Authorities say the operation required the evacuation of about 3,500 residents
Dutch offer first apology for World War II persecution of Jews
Records show that only 38,000 of the 140,000 Jews who lived in the Netherlands survived World War II but no government apology has been offered for the role the authorities played
Polish PM condemns Putin for WWII 'lies'
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemns Russian President Vladimir Putin for blaming Poland for the outbreak of World War II, saying Moscow was lying to deflect attention from recent failures
Pearl Harbor veteran interred on sunken ship
Veterans and officials mark the 78th anniversary of the 1941 sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, which brought a previously reluctant United States into World War II
In Hiroshima, Pope Francis assails 'crime' of nuclear weapons
'A true peace can only be an unarmed peace,' says the pontiff
[ANALYSIS] 75 years after MacArthur's return, WW2 combatants face common threat
Why were the US and Japan forces in the Philippines for joint 'warrior' exercises? Because China desires regional and global domination, and the Philippines is standing in its way.
Duterte on 75th anniversary of Leyte landing: Filipinos still at war vs illegal drugs
President Rodrigo Duterte connects the events of the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese occupation to the need to be free from social ills like illegal drugs
Japan 75 years after Leyte landing: ‘Avoid war, value peace’
Japan attends the 75th anniversary of the event that led to the end of their occupation of the Philippines during World War II
At least 7 dead as World War II plane crashes in the U.S. – reports
The Boeing B-17 aircraft, which the US Air Force deployed against Germany and Japan, crashes at Bradley International Airport while trying to land
Germany asks Polish forgiveness 80 years after WWII outbreak
'I bow my head before the Polish victims of Germany's tyranny. And I ask forgiveness, says German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Japan's new emperor speaks of 'deep remorse' in 1st speech marking WWII
Emperor Naruhito's comments are monitored in Tokyo and throughout Asia for any change in tone but he closely echoed the language employed by his father Akihito
Seoul dissolves Japan fund for World War II 'comfort women'
It is not clear what will happen to the money intended to compensate so-called 'comfort women' – a euphemism for those forced to provide sex for Japanese troops during World War II.
World leaders mark 75 years since D-Day on Normandy's beaches
Tens of thousands of French and foreign visitors, many donning WWII uniforms or driving vintage military vehicles, have converged on Normandy to honor the veterans
Trump, Queen lead emotional tributes to D-Day heroes
The Battle of Normandy on June 6, 1944, famously known as D-Day, led to the liberation of Europe and helped bring about the end of World War II the following year
Trump, queen, and world leaders remember D-Day heroes
(UPDATED) The Battle of Normandy on June 6, 1944 led to the liberation of Europe and helped bring about the end of World War II the following year
Russia, Japan say differences remain over disputed islands
The territorial dispute centers on 4 islands, between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean, seized by the Soviet army in the last days of World War II
Ex-Nazi guard, 92, charged for complicity in WWII killings
Despite his senior age, the accused will be tried by a juvenile court in Hamburg, because he was 17 when he worked at the Nazi concentration camp
Anger as wartime memorial in Malaysia calls Japanese troops 'heroes'
The Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia in the early 1940s was marked by brutality, and bitter memories still linger
Vatican to open archives of WWII pope Pius XII in 2020
Researchers have long sought to examine the archives over why Pius XII did not intervene more against the Holocaust perpetrated by the German Nazis
Poland shuns Israel summit amid Holocaust row
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis says the summit with Israel and the Visegrad Four – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – is cancelled but that there will be bilateral talks
Germany earmarks funds for Russian siege survivors
While the initiative is 'important,' Russia says Germany should compensate all living survivors of the 1941-44 siege of Leningrad
Putin, Abe hold summit to break island impasse
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit marks the 25th time he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met since 2013
Filipino senior war veterans' pension raised to P20,000
Republic Act No 11164 increases the monthly old-age pension of war veterans from P5,000 to P20,000
Japan approves defense plan including 2 aircraft carriers
The new 5-year defense plan calls for the military to upgrade two existing 'helicopter carriers' so that they will also be able to launch fighter jets
South Korea to close Japan-funded 'comfort women' foundation
South Korea announces the formal shutdown of a controversial Japanese-funded foundation created to help former wartime sex slaves – the so-called 'comfort women'
Japan PM Abe visits Australia's Darwin, 75 years after WWII bombing
Shinzo Abe is the first Japanese leader to visit the port city where more than 250 people were killed during World War II bombing raids – the worst-ever foreign attacks on Australia
Poland again demands war reparations from Germany
Polish President Andrzej Duda says 'the damage caused during the war was never compensated for'
Japan military joins historic Philippine war games
The exercise, codenamed Kamandag (Venom), marks the first time Japanese armored military vehicles were used on foreign soil since the country adopted a pacifist constitution after its 1945 defeat
IN PHOTOS: Filipino WWII veterans receive US Congressional Gold Medal
It is the first time a ceremony for the award is held in the Philippines
100-year-old Filipino WWII veteran tears up receiving U.S. medal
Thirteen Filipino World War II veterans are awarded the U.S. Congressional Medal on September 13, the first of among many who will be given long-overdue recognition for fighting alongside the Americans during the war.
Japan remembers atomic attack on Hiroshima 73 years ago
On a clear day in August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped its deadly payload on the port city of Hiroshima ultimately killing 140,000 people
Swiss police confirm 20 dead in WWII vintage plane crash
The aircraft, built in Germany in 1939, crashed into the Piz Segnas, a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) peak in the east of Switzerland
In World War II, 'Operation Pied Piper' revealed trauma of family separations
Pam and Iris Hobbs are just two of the millions of children in England evacuated from cities and towns during World War II, in what was dubbed 'Operation Pied Piper'
Robredo: China presence in West PH Sea 'most serious external threat since WWII'
Vice President Leni Robredo says asserting the country's rights over the West Philippine Sea goes beyond the welfare of Filipino fishermen: 'It is about our nation's independence, security, and sovereignty'
Hong Kong police disarm third WWII bomb discovered this year
The ordnance, which lay dormant for more than 70 years before its discovery on Thursday, is of the same model as two other bombs discovered in January at the site, where work is underway to build a new metro railway station
Philippines, Japan to repatriate Japanese WWII soldiers' remains
Since 1958, the remains of only 100,000 out of 518,000 Japanese soldiers who died in the Philippines have been returned to Japan
Duterte on comfort woman statue: 'You can place it somewhere else'
(UPDATED) 'It is not the policy of government to antagonize other nations,' says the President who repeatedly slams the US and the EU over a host of issues
Goebbels' diary shows he took note of Fall of Bataan
Entries in Joseph Goebbels' 1942 diary show the propaganda minister taking note of the fall of Bataan and quickly blaming MacArthur, and the Jews behind him
IN PHOTOS: PH Navy finally retires World War 2 warship
The BRP Rajah Humabon is a 75-year-old Cannon-class destroyer of the US Navy acquired by the Philippines in 1976
Indonesia digs up cemetery to search for WWII sailors' bones
Local officials dig up a cemetery at Brondong in East Java to search for the remains, dumped there after being taken from the WWII shipwrecks
London City Airport closed after WWII bomb found
(UPDATED) The World War II-era ordnance is discovered in King George V Dock, close to the runway of London's most central airport, during planned works
Poland's president signs controversial Holocaust bill into law
Polish President Andrzej Duda signs into law a controversial Holocaust bill intended to safeguard Poland's image abroad but which has instead triggered an unprecedented diplomatic row
