UN eyes Red Sea threats, Trump pushes Gaza talks, Russia advances in Ukraine—here's your SOFREP Morning Brief for Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Sitting on the ornately decorated living room wall of Dagmar Grieder’s South Austin home is a little blond doll clad in a floral dress. It was the one her mother abruptly picked for her to take as ...

"That was the only time in my life he ever gave any real details, and I was in my 40s and had already done eight years of ...

Right after World War II, a crucial alliance between the two countries fell apart. We are still paying the price.

Under the Assad regime, Saydnaya prison became a mass-killing machine; ‘a symbol of shame for the whole world’ ...

Set in the shadow of World War II during the Berlin Airlift, this sweeping, character-rich work brings the past into sharp ...

Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S.

Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Sednaya ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had discussed improved air defences and intensified sanctions against Russia ...

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova came down heavily on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for demanding Moscow pay for Ukraine's reconstruction. On Thursday, speaking at the Ukraine ...

The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.