In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. In 1918, Finland signed a peace treaty with Germany ...

On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone.

Today is Saturday, March 7, the 66th day of 2026 with 299 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter and Mars.

After the Allied landings on Normandy and their subsequent trek into the German heartland, the retreating Wehrmacht blew up ...

All three World War 2 movies were made over 50 years ago and will be streaming on BBC iPlayer for a limited time.

The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.

After the ordnance was discovered, 18,000 people evacuated from the city. Experts worked for several hours to safely dispose ...

Pfc. Norton Retzsch, a Marine Raider from Cincinnati, went missing during a 1943 battle in the Solomon Islands. DPAA used his great-niece's DNA to finally bring him home.

A single bridge in central Russia connects the two halves of the country’s railway network—making an attractive target for a Ukrainian attack. After more than a year of pursuing a negotiated track to ...

The British devised a Southern Strategy to regain control of the American colonies, starting with North Carolina. Loyalist forces, numbering around 1,600, were confronted by Patriot militia on their ...

Global growth is projected at 3.0 percent for 2025 and 3.1 percent in 2026, an upward revision from the April 2025 World Economic Outlook. This reflects front-loading ahead of tariffs, lower effective ...

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 12 March) is Platoon, the 1986 war film that won several Oscars, including Best Picture ...