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Letters: Honouring the courage and dedication of those who served the cause of freedom on D-Day
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoSIR – After my father died in 1990, I found an old tin with his war medals inside, as well as a...
River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20
U-T San Diego· 5 days agoAt least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director ...
Patt Morrison: In wartime or peacetime, after fires and storms — SoCal piers are survivors
LA Times via AOL· 16 hours agoPiers around Southern California have a nasty habit of catching fire or otherwise surrendering to...
Crowds cheer as D-Day veterans set sail for France
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoCrowds cheered a ferry carrying D-Day veterans to France for the 80th anniversary commemorations as it set sail from Portsmouth. The Brittany Ferries...
Last World War II vets converge on Normandy for D-Day
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 day agoEight decades on, veterans are making more pleasant new memories to go with painful old ones. Aboard...
River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20
Dayton Daily News· 5 days agoBadlon said that the boat was carrying 25 people, according to village residents, of whom five survived. FIFA unites World Cup winners and club executives ...
Should the Royal Navy join the US in a very exclusive club? Good idea, but expensive
Daily Telegraph· 3 days agoThe Dreadnought class is, of course, the Royal Navy’s new class of nuclear ballistic-missile...
In Pictures: Emotions run high as D-Day veterans head for Normandy
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days agoA ferry carrying D-Day veterans is on its way to Normandy after an emotional send-off from...
P10.2-M cigarettes seized in Sulu
BusinessWorld· 4 days agoCOTABATO CITY — The Philippine Navy seized P10.2 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from Indonesia that a small boat was set to deliver somewhere in Sulu province in the Bangsamoro region. Commodore Francisco G. Tagamolila
Firefighter dies as heavy rains and flooding worsens in Germany
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPersonnel from the German Lifeguard Association have been deployed to evacuate residents by boat and...