Lt. j.g. John Koelsch's most notable sortie ultimately cost him his life, but through his actions, the pilot he risked his ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prays will be undertaken ...

Regimental Sergeant Major Eric Lines won the prestigious Military Medal for helping to defend Pegasus Bridge on June 6, 1944, ...

Australia has vowed it will take the “strongest action possible” if Russia has harmed one of its nationals captured fighting for Ukraine, after reports emerged the prisoner of war may have ...

WASHINGTON - In 1906, then - President Theodore Roosevelt awarded the Medals of Honor to Pvt. Simon Harris and Pvt. James W. McIntyre for their ...

They include 1,167 people detained in Gaza during the war and held in Israel, and 737 other Palestinian prisoners from the West Bank, Jerusalem or Gaza. The second category includes members of ...

They include 737 male, female and teen-aged prisoners, some of whom are members ... Palestinians detained in Gaza since the start of the war and held in Israel. Israel's Justice Ministry published ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday posthumously awarded a solider who died in hand-to-hand combat with a medal designating him a Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Golden Star, ...

Publishing footage of prisoners of war can fall foul of the Geneva Conventions, or rules for how people can be treated during war. Prisoners of war, according to the treaties, "must at all times ...

U.S. and other diplomats see the deal as the best chance to end the 15-month war that has devastated Gaza. A protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday night calling for the return of hostages held in Gaza.

John Beadon, 75, says he is disappointed to have been outbid on the collection he claims had been left to him by his late father A war hero’s medals have been sold for almost £5,000 after his ...