Recent Stories in World History

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

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The Peace Treaty That Failed

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Tiananmen Square Massacre Thirty Years Later

World History

Fire Engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral