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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses his supporters prior to boarding his General Election campaign trail bus in Manchester, England, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

What to know about the legacy of Brexit, which still divides Britain 10 years on

By Brian Melley and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Polish President Karol Nawrocki, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend an official welcome ceremony before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Zelenskyy returns Poland’s highest honor after Polish leader revokes it in a spat over history

By Claudia Ciobanu and Volodymyr Yurchuk - Associated Press

Bob Hilliard with fellow newspaper guys Jeff Cull and Bucky Fox in Fort Myers, Florida.

Bob Hilliard keeps marching into his second century

By Bucky Fox

Retired politician Yohei Kono speaks during an interview at his office, in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, file)

Yohei Kono, who apologized for Japan’s wartime sexual abuses of ‘comfort women,’ dies at 89

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

World War II and the Normandy invasion illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Reagan warned every generation must defend freedom

By Randy Evans

In this Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 photo lava-sediment of Bogdan Khelmintsky Volcano seen in Iturup Island, Russian Far East. (AP Photo/Sergei Krasnoukhov)

Wreckage identified of WWII-era U.S. submarine discovered near Japan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

False promises from Iran's regime illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Cal Thomas is right: Costlier gas a small price to pay to stop Iran

By Everett Piper

American troops pack a landing craft underway to a beachhead at the northern coast of France, during the Allied invasion of Normandy, June 19, 1944. The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. Veterans and world dignitaries are commemorating the 79th anniversary of the operation. (AP Photo, File)

Live a life worthy of service members’ sacrifice

By Scott Walker

Illustration on Memorial Day by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

War is hell, and peace can be bad too

By Don Feder

Freeman K. Johnson, a 106-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, listens to a question during an interview at his home, May 6, 2026, in Centerville, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping memory of the surprise bombing alive at 106

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre foreground, attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall inMoscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Moscow marks Victory Day with a scaled down Red Square parade under tight security

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FILE - Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system launchers roll during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia to hold a Victory Day parade without military equipment for the 1st time in nearly 2 decades

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump rules out using nuclear weapons against Iran

By Tom Howell Jr., Jeff Mordock and Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: In Iran, apply lessons of World War I

Liberating the Iranian people from the clerical dictators illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Know thine enemy: America fights Iran’s rulers, not its people

By Clifford D. May

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Letter to the editor: Eighty years on, the war continues

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Letter to the editor: Where did the real Americans go?

More than 100 gather to honor WWII veteran

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Researchers mark death of Pearl Harbor mastermind Yamamoto

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

Ted Darcy, of Fall River, Mass., is surrounded by documents on his research into the identity of soldiers missing in action from WWII, while at the National Records Center in Suitland, Md. (Associated Press)

Researcher works to ID war dead

By David Dishneau - Associated Press