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Pearl Harbor survivor who witnessed 1941 attack dies aged 105

With his passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack, which killed just over 2400 troops and propelled the United States into the war

Updated 15 days ago

Ira Schab; (right) Schab aged 21. PICS COURTESY/ X/@pacificparks

Hiroshima atomic bomb victim identified after nearly 80 years through DNA

The 13-year-old victim, named Hatsue Kajiyama, died on August 6, 1945, when the first atomic bomb, Little Boy, was dropped on the Japanese city in the final months of World War II

Updated 20 days ago

Ira Schab; (right) Schab aged 21. PICS COURTESY/ X/@pacificparks

Kate Winslet-starrer biographical war drama Lee to make its India premiere

Updated 1 month ago

Still from Lee

Michael Smuss, Warsaw Ghetto uprising fighter, dies at 99

Updated 2 months ago

Image for representational purpose only. Photo Courtesy: File pic

Putin, Kim hold bilateral talks in Beijing after attending Chinese parade

Updated 4 months ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing on Wednesday. PIC/AFP

Putin, Kim Jong Un among 26 foreign leaders to take part in China's V-Day parade

Updated 4 months ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. File Pic/AFP

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WWII ace pilot from Nebraska dies at 103, remembered heroically

Updated 4 months ago

Donald McPherson while in service. PIC/SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Japan observes 80th anniversary of World War II surrender

Updated 4 months ago

The Red Arrows team flies past during a memorial service in Alrewas, England, on Friday, to mark Japan’s surrender. Pic/AFP

Japan: Hiroshima marks 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing

Updated 5 months ago

Visitors near the Atomic Bomb Dome on the eve of the 80th anniversary, on Tuesday. PIC/AFP

Shigeko Kagawa becomes Japan’s oldest living person at 114

Updated 5 months ago

Kagawa is one of the oldest Olympic torchbearers. FILE PIC/AFP

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