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‘Commonwealth soldiers’ service in World Wars must be honoured too’
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoThe service of Commonwealth soldiers must be remembered and honoured as the nation prepares to...
U.S. places Russia on human trafficking, child soldier lists
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday placed Russia on lists of countries engaged in a...
Memorial to be built for Muslim soldiers who fought and died alongside UK troops in World Wars
Sky News via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 months agoA memorial is set to be built for Muslim soldiers who fought and died alongside British and Allied...
Why does Turkey want other countries to start spelling its name 'Türkiye'?
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoTurks have called their country Türkiye since 1923. Chris McGrath/Getty ImagesIs Turkey’s recent...
Susannah's grandad ran Bengal when famine killed millions
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks ago[BBC] "I feel enormous shame about what happened," Susannah Herbert tells me. Her grandfather was...
'My 17-year-old was brutally killed, but I'm glad she fought for freedom'
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoLalnunpuii joined the armed resistance movement [Family handout] An abandoned Myanmar military camp...
The King’s D-Day commemoration speech in full
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoThe King praised Second World War veterans as he attended a national commemorative event in Portsmouth on Wednesday ahead of the 80th anniversary of...
Great-granddaughter reunited with WW2 photo
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoThe smiling soldier was William Henry Atfield of the Royal Corps of Signals [Claire Stonier] A pendant containing a photograph of a World War Two...
Myanmar military decapitated volunteer teacher and left his body on display at school, reports say
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoAn anti-junta teacher was reportedly detained and killed by the military, and his decapitated body...
Camera surfaces 15 years after journalist killed in Myanmar
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoA video camera that had been missing for more than 15 years after it was dropped by a Japanese...
