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11 Years, $300 Million and 3 Convictions. Was the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Worth It?

It appears now that they could be the only people to answer in court for the deaths of at least 1.7 million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979 in one of the worst episodes of mass killing in the last century.

Did pictures in the news media just change U.S. policy in Syria?

This type of media-induced policy shift is not new, and past experiences may illuminate potential outcomes and dangers for today.

Newly declassified CIA materials reveal: Americans hardly knew any Israeli secrets

Some 1 million papers show what the U.S. knew, or didn't know, about Israeli leaders' health, IDF maneuvers and Moshe Dayan's celebrity status.

Columnist upset with attempts to ban library books that deny the Holocaust

by Jacob Furedi

Just last month, Google hired a team of 10,000 contractors to trawl through the internet and flag up incorrect accounts of the Holocaust.

Marine Le Pen sparks outrage over Holocaust comments

Le Pen suggested France was not responsible for the wartime round-up of Jews who were sent to Nazi death camps.

Humanity’s strange new cousin is shockingly young — and shaking up our family tree

Homo naledi, a strange new species of human cousin found in South Africa two years ago, was unlike anything scientists had ever seen.

Bannon’s Views Can Be Traced to a Book That Warns, ‘Winter Is Coming’

The book, “The Fourth Turning,” a 1997 work by two amateur historians, Neil Howe and William Strauss, lays out a theory that American history unfurls in predictable, 80-year cycles of prosperity and catastrophe. And it foresees catastrophe right around the corner.

Talk about Fake News!

In the run-up to WWII, British intelligence unleashed an astrologer on an unsuspecting American public to sway public opinion on the war. He was a persuasive fake.

A Revolutionary museum opens in Philadelphia

For the past 10 years, figuring out how to unfurl the drama of the American Revolution has been the task of R. Scott Stephenson. As vice president of exhibitions, collections and programming, he has examined 3,000 artifacts, many from the Valley Forge Historical Society.

Yale takes note of its special role in World War I

At a ceremony historian Paul Kennedy noted that a grand total of roughly 9,500 Yale graduates and students served in the war, including in the Red Cross, YMCA, and other non-governmental bodies.

Was Trump’s Syria Strike Illegal? Explaining Presidential War Powers

The strike raises two sets of legal issues.

Construction Work Reveals Russian Spy Room

Constructed during the sixteenth century by Ivan the Terrible’s mother, Elena Glinskaya, the room was designed specifically to allow the Russians to spy on an enemy by eavesdropping through a wall.

Marine Le Pen’s Treasurer Published Pro-Nazi Facebook Posts For Years

During the presidential campaign, several members of Le Pen’s close entourage have been suspected of sympathy for neo-Nazi groups and anti-Semitic propaganda.

A century later, America’s entry into the Great War remembered

The World War I Museum and Memorial hosted the national WWI centennial observance Thursday morning in Kansas City. Foreign dignitaries from 27 countries joined elected officials and regular Americans from 26 states.

Here’s what historians told Congress are the difficult issues Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have to work out

by Dane Kennedy

Sponsored by the National History Center, the purpose of the briefing was to give historical context to current tensions between the United States and China, with a particular focus on Chinese aims and anxieties.

Neil Gorsuch Accused of Plagiarism Days Before Confirmation Vote

Republicans have painted Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch as a man whose character and legal scholarship are unimpeachable, but on Tuesday night he became the latest Trump pick to be accused of plagiarism.

Jeremy Corbyn faces mutiny within Labour as Ken Livingstone escapes expulsion over Hitler comments

The former mayor of London refused to apologise after a disciplinary panel found him guilty of bringing the party into disrepute – but failed to expel him, instead ruling he will be suspended from holding office for a year.

Poland's New World War II Museum Just Opened, But Maybe Not For Long

Run by the populist Law and Justice Party, it has declared the museum an expensive mess that waters down Polish history and should be closed — or at a minimum, revamped.

Remember Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale? He's still around and he's still got plenty to say.

In a video interview he recalled how as a Panther he demanded to watch the police carrying out their duties.

World War I's legacy: Modern health care for vets

Six months after the U.S. declared war on Germany in April 1917, Congress passed the War Risk Insurance Act.