World war i

America’s ‘luck’ is running out: The lost industrial engine that powered US greatness - opinion

America’s rise was driven by production and innovation, and its decline may begin with its loss.

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.
Wreckage of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa found by British diving team Gasperados off the coast of England, May 4, 2026.

Divers find wreck of Coast Guard ship torpedoed by Germans, US’ largest naval loss of World War I

Typewriter.

Voices Israel anthology 2025: Celebrating English poetry shaped by war, love, and memory

Buildings lie in ruins amidst the rubble in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2025.

IDF confirms Gaza Commonwealth war cemetery damaged in operation to destroy Hamas terror tunnels


WWI-era photo reveals story about torn family of Jew, Christian

Marysia Galbraith, a Christian woman, from Alabama and Pini Doron, a Jewish man, from Israel discover their lost familial connection.

WWI Australian Army 311

No Man's Land: The story of women doctors in WWI

Recognition as exceptions relegates women to a niche, while history has proved that millions of women have contributed to the better life of their peers and laid the groundwork for progress.

A Red Cross volunteer works to prevent the spread of corona in Senegal in April

Cossacks in the living room: the story of Turka art

The story was close to my heart: I remember my own grandmother telling us about her being a little girl hiding under the kitchen table as the Cossacks plundered her village (also in today’s Ukraine).

'Turka' acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150 cm

Famed Jewish academic Zara Steiner died aged 91

Steiner's work was widely praised, and her books received great reviews for their in-depth coverage of events.

Books

French World War I helmet could prevent soldiers' brain injuries

According to researchers in the field, modern day military helmets, including those used by the US military today, are no more effective in preventing the damage caused by blast shock waves than military helmets used 100 years ago.

Specialist Tevin Howe and Specialist Eduardo Martinez take part in training on a U.S. Army Patriot surface-to-air missile launcher at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, January 12, 2019. Picture taken January 12, 2019. U.S. Air Force/Tech

Time for a New European Peace Conference?

Two-thousand years of European global domination ended at the outset of World War I. A century later, Europe has yet to come to terms with it.

Delegates at the 1815 Congress of Vienna

Roman Polanski takes on the Dreyfus Affair

Now 86 and still as sharp as ever, Polanski was born to a Jewish father who survived concentration camps and a partly Jewish mother murdered at Auschwitz.

Dreyfus, painted by Jean Baptiste Guth  for Vanity Fair, 1899

Ex-Australian PM, John Howard, honors soldiers of Battle of Beersheba

Victory at the Battle of Beersheba enabled the Allied forces to move forward and capture Jerusalem from the Ottomans just six weeks later.

90th anniversary of the WW1 Battle of Beersheba: Re-enactment of the Australian Light horse charge

Azerbaijan: A linchpin of European energy diversity and security

The ‘Contract of the Century’ brought many positive outcomes for Baku.

THE FLAME Towers in Baku are a symbol of the new and independent Azerbaijan.

Book review: The Chazon Ish and Israeli society

The life of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayah Karelitz, who emerged from World War I to have a profound impact on Israel.

The Chazon Ish: The Life and Ideals of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayah Karelitz