US WWII vet reunites with wartime girlfriend in Australia SYDNEY: A 93-year-old World War II veteran from the United States has reunited with his wartime girlfriend in Australia after more than 70 years apart. Norwood Thomas embraced 88-year-old Joyce Morris in the southern Australian city of... Art & Culture 10 Feb, 2016
Zero fighter flies over Japan for 1st time since WWII KANOYA: One of Mitsubishi's legendary Zero fighter planes took to the skies over Japan on Wednesday for the first time since World War II. The restored plane made a brief flight to and from a naval base in southern Japan. Decorated former US Air... Women 27 Jan, 2016
Japan emperor visits Philippines, a former WWII MANILA: Japan's emperor said Tuesday that his nation must remember the tremendous loss of life in the Philippines during World War II, as he and his wife began their first visit to the Southeast Asian country. "Many Filipinos, Americans and... Women 26 Jan, 2016
Lavrov speaks on Assad's leave, airstrike, WWII MOSCOW: Moscow did not ask Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, nor did it offer him political asylum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. "In both cases, the answer is: 'No'," Lavrov told his annual news... Women 26 Jan, 2016
Survivor sheds light on WWII-era Jewish Councils JERUSALEM: Throughout the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, and while incarcerated in two prison camps, Mirjam Bolle wrote letters to her fiance that she never sent but hoped to share with him after the war. Yet when the two ultimately reunited she... Women 26 Jan, 2016
'Mein Kampf' published in Germany for 1st time since WWII MUNICH: An annotated edition of "Mein Kampf," the first version of Adolf Hitler's notorious manifesto to be published in Germany since the end of World War II, went on sale Friday a volume that many hope will help demystify the book and debunk the... Women 08 Jan, 2016
Filipinos raped by Japanese WWII troops demand compensation MANILA: A group of elderly Filipino women raped by Japanese troops during World War II called for compensation from Japan on Wednesday, following Tokyo's pledge of $8.3 million for South Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels... Women 06 Jan, 2016
Relief, anger, indifference over SKorea-Japan sex slave deal SEOUL: A day after trumpeting an "irreversible" settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan's WWII military, there's relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats, fury among activists and many of... Women 29 Dec, 2015
S.Korea, Japan reach landmark deal on WWII sex slaves SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: An apology from Japan's prime minister and a pledge of more than $8 million sealed a breakthrough deal Monday on a decades-long impasse with South Korea over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World... Women 28 Dec, 2015
South Korean court refuses to review WWII treaty with Japan SEOUL: A South Korean court on Wednesday refused to review a complaint over the 1965 treaty between Japan and South Korea that Tokyo uses to deny compensation for South Korean victims of World War II-era slavery, a boost to recent efforts by the... Women 23 Dec, 2015
Late WWII US veteran is 1st soldier honoured for saving Jews JERUSALEM: The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate. But Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds would have none of that. As the... Women 02 Dec, 2015
Japan, SKorea agree to work to resolve WWII sex slave issue SEOUL: The leaders of South Korea and Japan resumed formal talks Monday after a 3½-year freeze and agreed to try to resolve the decades-old issue of Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II. The agreement is a... Women 02 Nov, 2015
