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India’s lake of mystery: 1200-year-old lake in Uttarakhand has hundreds of skeletons. Scientists are still figuring out the reasonRoopkund Lake, nestled in the Himalayas, holds a chilling secret: hundreds of ancient skeletons. Once thought to be victims of a single epi...
Largest POW grave site: In 1944, the Japanese hellship Hōfuku Maru sank with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard; in 2026, forgotten military documents led to a discovery no one expected 80 years laterA Japanese prison transport ship, the Hōfuku Maru, sunk in 1944, has been found off the Philippines coast. This discovery brings to light t...
On This Day in History, June 8: Porsche is born, Ghostbusters release, Siam renamed Thailand, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published, NFL merger announced, Robert F. Kennedy laid to rest and other major eventsOn This Day in History, June 8, the world witnessed events that shaped politics, warfare, literature and culture. The Viking raid on Lindis...
Memorial Day 2026 moment of silence time: When is National Moment of Remembrance?Memorial Day 2026 holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members, Union and Conf...
Memorial Day 2026 events: Here are major highlights at DC, Chicago, Boston, San Diego, Philadelphia and Colorado SpringsMemorial Day 2026 will feature nationwide parades, ceremonies, and gatherings honoring fallen U.S. military members. From Washington D.C.'s...
Memorial Day 2026: Is Costco, Walmart, Target, Publix, Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods and Kroger open? Banks closed as federal holiday store hours confuse shoppersMemorial Day 2026: Costco closed; Walmart, Target, Publix, Aldi, Whole Foods, Kroger open with regular or modified hours. Banks closed acro...
Memorial Day Quote of the Day by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Edmund B. Whitman: ‘That Nation which respects and honors its dead, shall ever be…’Edmund Burke Whitman, a Civil War quartermaster, established America's national cemetery system. His work ensured fallen soldiers were hono...
Who was Royle Bradford Luker? 17-year-old sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack to be buried 85 years laterPearl Harbor sailor Royle Luke: After over eight decades, the remains of 17-year-old sailor Royle Bradford Luker, killed at Pearl Harbor, a...
During World War I, specially trained 'mercy dogs' rescued wounded soldiers and delivered medical supplies on battlefields too deadly for human medicsWorld War I saw brave mercy dogs, also known as casualty dogs, on the front lines. These intelligent animals, wearing Red Cross vests, sear...
US aims to exhume and identify the remains of 88 Pearl Harbor dead buried as unknownsThe disinterments from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific are due to begin in November or December, Kelly McKeague, the director...
Is today Veterans Day? What day is veterans day? List of parade events that are taking placeVeterans Day parades will be celebrated across the U.S. However, some events have been cancelled.
US Presidential elections: Will Arlington cemetery incident become Donald Trump's political graveyard?Donald Trump's recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery, intended to honor the 13 US personnel killed in an Afghan suicide bombing, has ...
Trump entourage accused of shoving staff at hallowed US military cemeteryDonald Trump faced controversy after his aides allegedly shoved staff during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. An official reportedly...
As Gaza death toll passes 40,000, corpses are buried in yards, streets, tiered gravesGravediggers in Gaza have been struggling to manage the increasing number of deaths resulting from the 10-month-old Israel-Hamas conflict. ...
Russia not planning to close embassies in EuropeOn Monday, Russia's ambassador to Poland was doused in a red substance by people protesting against the war in Ukraine as he went to lay fl...
Seventy four year later, World War 2 remains of two Indian soldiers to be buried in ItalyThe top level decision to bury the two soldiers in Florence was recently taken. It has also been decided that the soil from their graves wi...
Modi begins Indonesia visit by laying wreath at military cemeteryMore than 7,000 people who are military casualties and veterans from Indonesian War of Independence are buried at the cemetery.
PM Modi visits Haifa, pays homage to Indian World War I heroes"This is the final resting place for 44 of the Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World War I to liberate the city," Modi ha...
Donald Trump meets Theresa May in first summit with foreign leaderIt was also Trump's first tryst with face-to-face diplomacy as he welcomed his first foreign visitor to the White House.
India, Japan, others pay tribute to World War II soldiers in SingaporeDiplomats from India, Japan and eight other countries laid wreaths at the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore, marking the 70th anniversary of...