Valérie André, Daring French Army Copter Pilot, Dies at 102
She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman ...
Shooter behind 2012 Alps quadruple murder ‘was ex-Swiss special forces who lost the plot’
French investigators believe the shooter behind the 2012 Alps murders is an ex-Swiss special forces agent who “lost the plot” ...
Haunted by the ghosts of Gallipoli, I went to my own war in Helmand
As a young British Army officer heading for Afghanistan, Barney Campbell visited the Dardanelles, scene of one of the First ...
‘I’m here for a purpose’: Tino Adame Road and Richard A. Pittman Drive unveiled at VA clinic
Two streets in French Camp have been named after notable local veterans: Richard A. Pittman Drive and Tino Adame Road are ...
Asheville Watchdog on MSN7h
All Buncombe County river debris cleanups should be finished by June 1, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says
Unsightly debris that has plagued mountain rivers since Helene’s destructive flooding Sept. 27 will be removed by June 1, the ...
Nigerian Tribune on MSN2h
Borno man who fought in America’s civil war in 1860s
In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns ...
Why well paid Romania mercenaries wey DR Congo hire to fight dey surrender
DR Congo bin contract di Romanians to help dia army fight di Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, wey say dem dey fight to protect di ...
France 2411d
Eighty years on, French deportee remembers horror of Auschwitz and difficult return home
On January 27, 1945, the French population had yet to grasp the full horror of the Holocaust. After the Soviet army finally liberated ... Now 97 years old, she tells us about the conditions ...
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising hatred on the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation
In all, 56 survivors gathered under a huge tent on Monday set up over a gate and railway tracks at the site of the former ...
Yangon, an anxious, frenetic city where 'everything looks normal, but is abnormal'
Le Monde managed to visit Myanmar's largest city despite the war. The city has lost none of its buzz, our journalist reports.
The Economist23d
A French-sponsored Ukrainian army brigade has been badly botched
The formation of Ukraine’s 155th army brigade was announced at the D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy last June, complete with photo-ops with the French ... back to their old units), and ...