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On Veterans Day, former President George W. and Laura Bush will be awarded the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center.

Studies show that troops who repeatedly fire powerful, shoulder-launched weapons can experience short-term problems with memory and thinking.

Guests: Jonathan Landay, Jason Rezaian, Trita Parsi Iran has come under fire by the Trump administration in recen ...

During the Cold War, Balaklava Bay was home to a top-secret submarine base designed to survive a U.S. nuclear strike — and then deliver a retaliatory blow.

Iranians shrugged off the possibility that a bellicose exchange of words between President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart could escalate into military conflict.

The skull was removed from public display at Australia's request last year after a member of the public complained.

The position of the pledge is ultimately to encourage global governments to take legal action to ban any possibility of future destruction.

The recent federal convictions of suspected Liberian war criminals in Philadelphia is fueling the demand for a war crimes court in Liberia.

The Octavian was sunk by a German U-boat during World War II.

"This is a whole disaster," Zhao told NPR.

 Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged.

In a recent StoryCorps conversation, the two veterans talk about how they found support through one another.

It's a timely question in the wake of attacks on civilians, aid workers and hospitals in conflict zones around the world.

John James of Southwest Philadelphia, now 98, completed officer training in 1942, but he was denied his rightfully earned bars because he is black.

Vietnam vets gather in Center City to share contributions to a new anthology of poetry about the scars of war.