June 6, 2024 Putin threatens to arm allies for strikes on the West in response to Ukraine's NATO support President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia might supply long-range weapons to target the West if NATO allies continue allowing Ukraine to use Western arms.
June 6, 2024 IDF says terrorists hiding in UN school killed in strike, local officials report 23 women and children dead The Israeli Defense Forces says it struck a U.N. school building housing terrorists while while local officials say that the strike killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children.
June 6, 2024 Normandy churches honor D-Day paratroopers as biblical heroes in stained-glass windows Churches in Normandy, France honor the American paratroopers who landed on D-Day as biblical heroes with dramatic images in stained-glass windows — fascinating points of interest for any traveler.
June 6, 2024 Jack Carr recalls Gen. Eisenhower's D-Day memo about 'great and noble undertaking' Bestselling author Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL, recalls Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's words issued on June 5, 1944, just ahead of D-Day during World War II — 80 years ago this week.
June 6, 2024 On this day in history, June 6, 1944, US and Allies invade Normandy in greatest military invasion The D-Day operation, on this day in history, June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious invasion in military history as Allied troops assaulted the beaches of Normandy, France.
June 5, 2024 Columbia University agrees to do more to protect students in settlement with Jewish student Columbia University has agreed to impose more safety measures for students after settling a lawsuit with a an anonymous Jewish student following campus protests.
June 5, 2024 Anne Frank's spirits soared on D-Day: 'Friends are on the way,' she wrote of heroic GIs Anne Frank was elated upon hearing news of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. "Friends are on the way," the teenager wrote in her famous diary as hope erupted across occupied Europe.
June 4, 2024 Slovenia becomes latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state after a parliamentary vote Following in the steps of several other European countries, Slovenia's parliament has voted in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state; no member voted against recognition.
June 4, 2024 Extending use of Western weapons would weaken Russian border, Ukraine says Using Western weapons to strike inside Russia would deeply impact Moscow's capability to operate in border areas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff said.
June 4, 2024 More than a third of remaining Gaza hostages are believed to be dead, Israel says More than a third of the remaining hostages kidnapped during the October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas are believed to be dead, according to Israel.