Recent Stories in World History

Image of a ship underwater with the name "Endurance" on it.
World History

Historic Shipwreck Found

A city square is littered with rubble. A burned-out car is in the foreground. People with yellow armbands are in the background lined up outside of a large tent.
World History

Russia Invades Ukraine

World History

Kazakhstan Protests Turn Deadly

A woman with two small children walks across a runway to a waiting military cargo plane in the background.
World History

Afghanistan: The Longest War in American History

World History

Troubles for “Asia’s World City”

Painting shows nurse Florence Nightingale with patients in a hospital, taking notes.
World History

Florence Nightingale: Pioneer of Nursing

World History

The Age of Coronavirus and Other Plagues

World History

Celebrating the Fall of the Berlin Wall