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America must help Ukraine for the same reasons we helped Europe defeat Nazi Germany: Their fight is our fight.

The president knew it would take more than just a mobilization of our industrial power to beat Hitler. He hoped to harness our spiritual power as well.

An official says "Japan's acquisition and development of new capabilities...contributes significantly to U.S.-Japan collective security and regional stability."

"To the loneliest little tank in the world...best of luck!" Ukraine's Defense Ministry wrote of the armored vehicle in Moscow's Red Square Victory Day parade.

The Russian president blamed "Western globalists" for escalating the war in Ukraine, saying Ukrainians have "become hostage to the coup d'état."

In 2018, it was revealed that the crown jewels were hidden in a top secret location during World War II.

Today, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in which a group of brave Jews stood up against the German Nazi oppressors who occupied Poland in World War II.

A pair of major patriotic Russian events are being downsized or outright canceled in certain regions due to the war with Ukraine.

The displaced Jews of Europe discovered that they were stranded. The British only allowed a miniscule number of them to enter Palestine, and restrictive immigration laws kept the gates of the United States, Canada, Australia and other Western countries closed to them.

Ukrainian military leaders have indicated that they plan to launch a spring counteroffensive in the coming months.

Throughout the full-scale invasion, the Kremlin has been pushing the rhetoric that NATO is at "war" with Russia in Ukraine.

If you were looking for proof that some of our own politicians and pundits are pushing us ever closer towards a war with Russia, you found it last week when the destruction of an American drone and an arrest warrant issued for Russia's president were both presented as irrefutable grounds for increasing military assistance to Ukraine.

German wives refused to accept their husbands incarceration and came out in protest. Hundreds of women gathered together outside Rosenstrasse 2-4 and refused to leave until their husbands were released.

It's the bloodiest war Europe has seen in nearly 80 years. No one is sure—or honest—about how many people have been killed in Russia's war of choice in Ukraine. Certainly, more than 100,000, probably not 300,000—yet.

The Russian president's speech to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad was notable for what he didn't say.

The Russian president was in the city to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.

Duma deputies have reportedly been told to promote the comparison between the Ukraine invasion and the historic World War II battle.

"There is no other way to talk to these fools," State Duma member and former military commander Andrey Gurulyov said.

"We will win, 100 percent," said Andrey Gurulyov, a Russian parliament member and former military commander. "Where? Everywhere! Everywhere!"

"He's been known for hiding little things around the house but I was not expecting to find that much money," Katie Toole told Newsweek.

Putin's speech was "symbolically significant" to his audience within Russia's borders, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

In 10 days, we will mark another Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jan. 27 commemorates the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by Soviet soldiers in 1945, and is likely to pass with few lessons learned, yet again.

"That's unacceptable in politics. It breaches the trust between the electorate and their elected official," Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said Sunday.

Many people, from the UN secretary general on down, have called for urgent action and new institutions capable of responding to global challenges.

Russian troops have been digging elaborate trench systems throughout Ukraine, as well as in Belgorod, near Russia's border with Ukraine.

In August 2021, Russia was "quite seriously preparing for a localized military conflict with Japan," an FSB agent wrote in an email shared with Newsweek.

Suzette Sheft shares her grandmother's story in this exclusive Newsweek essay.

The actor wrote in his posthumous memoir, "When I landed on this guy, he had his arm underneath his hip and tore everything out of his elbow."

Renewed outrage hit social media after West said in his recent "Drink Champs" interview: "I can say antisemitic things and Adidas can't drop me."

Reed and Ephraim Birney talk to Newsweek about their characters, the play and keeping things real while working in a show about the importance of illusion.