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Syria

Syria: Ancient city of Palmyra under threat of ISIL rampage

Fears are growing for the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, hailed as one of the Middle East’s most precious cultural treasures, amid reports that

15/05/2015

My Europe Series

Greece draws battle lines over war reparations from Germany

The village of Distomo has long been a symbol of Greek suffering during the World War II Nazi occupation and also of war reparations Athens says Berlin has never paid.

08/05/2015

World

Last Red Army cameraman stuck his neck out all the way to Berlin

Boris Sokolov never fired a shot in WWII, he used a different kind of ammunition. He was a cameraman in the Red Army. He did participate in the heat

07/05/2015

Japan

Five issues that feed the WWII debate in Japan

06/05/2015

World News

Imprisoned with mum - survivors stories from Nazi France

Seventy years on from when France was liberated, war and imprisonment are still very painful memories for the victims of the Nazi occupation. Many of

05/05/2015

Germany

How World War II shaped modern Germany

05/05/2015

Russia

Twenty-seven million 'drops of pain' that heirs of USSR victory do not forget

Dmitry Koznov went to war at 18, in 1943, when Hitler’s invasion force still hovered not far from Moscow. The theatre school student took up arms to

05/05/2015

USA

How World War II shaped modern America

05/05/2015

France

How World War II shaped modern France

05/05/2015

Nepal

Nepal vows to rebuild historical sites left in ruins by earthquake

The Nepalese government and UNESCO are assessing the damage to ancient monuments, temples and artefacts after the earthquake of April 25.

05/05/2015

Hungary

How World War II shaped modern Hungary

05/05/2015

United Kingdom

How World War II shaped modern Britain

04/05/2015

Russia

How World War II shaped modern Russia

04/05/2015

World News

Remembering World War II – your stories

To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, we asked our audience for their personal family stories relating to the War, of which here is a collection.

04/05/2015

Poland

How World War II shaped modern Poland

03/05/2015

Nepal

Nepal earthquake: tourist's footage shows ancient temples crumbling

01/05/2015

Explore

German footprints in the Caucasus

27/04/2015

Turkey

Dawn service at Gallipoli to mark ANZAC centenary

Crowds of Australians and New Zealanders attend 100th anniversary event

25/04/2015

Egypt

Relics return home: Egypt receives smuggled antiquities from US

History returns home as 2.3million euros worth of smuggled antiquities arrived in back in Egypt. Some 123 artifacts were seized by US customs as part

25/04/2015

Armenia

Armenia remembers the victims of 1915 massacre

Armenians have marked the centenary of the mass killing of their people at the hands of Ottoman Turkish forces in 1915. Coming from all over the

24/04/2015