History loves a good story, and battles seem to bring out the storyteller in all of us. The problem is that somewhere between the smoke clearing and the textbooks arriving, facts get stretched, heroes get manufactured,

By Ben Aris in Berlin The battle for Pokrovsk became intense on November 1. In the first part of the day it looked like the fall of the key logistics hub to Russia that could end the war was imminent.

Moscow’s forces infiltrated Pokrovsk after months of attacks on the city, a strategic part of Ukraine’s eastern defenses.

Despite this apparent victory for the paramilitary group, the besieged city of el-Fasher's status has not changed.

The losses have left the Iraqi military with no offensive capability. BAGHDAD, Iraq— -- The Iraqi military ran out of Hellfire missiles six days ago, and though the U.S. is rushing more missiles into the country, Iraq has only two modified Cessna ...

A former U.S. Army sergeant has been sentenced to four years in prison by a federal judge after being accused of trying to pass sensitive military information to China.