World War Two has had a vast array of warships on both sides, but one class of ships was faster than the rest and one ship ...

In 1940, as the threat of German invasion loomed large, Britain faced a dire shortage of conventional defenses and was forced ...

The world’s longest river has become the center of a tense geopolitical struggle in Africa. At the heart of this conflict stands a megadam that holds the promise of prosperity for millions, but also ...

As the Trump administration ends USAID's mission, a project to bring water to drought-ridden lands is now in peril. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, William Brangham and producer Molly Knight ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.