After the Soviet Union’s fall, Chechnya declared itself independent from Russia, leading to the First Chechen War between 1994 and 1996, and the Second War between 1999 and 2009.

Sadako Sasaki, a Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor, tragically succumbed to leukemia, becoming a symbol of peace through her origami cranes. Inspired by the legend of senbazuru, she folded cranes, ...

The door to an underground shelter where 365 Ukrainian civilians, including 70 children, were held captive for 28 days. Pages from a handwritten diary recounting the dramatic attacks on the ...

Syria is a "living nightmare" where about half the children have never lived a day without war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday to mark the conflict's 10th anniversary.