The Israel State Archives on June 26 released thousands of pages of previously classified documents detailing the Israeli ...

Pakistani forces Tuesday raided a controversial mosque where anti-government militants are holed up, and killed its radical Islamic cleric and more than 50 other people, Pakistani officials said.

A Lexington, Kentucky pastor is defending a controversial Vacation Bible School skit after a viral video appeared to show a firing squad-style execution. Pastor Dewayne Walker said the performance was ...

How many other countries would have had the courage and concern, the faith and fearlessness to mount such a veritable “mission impossible?” ...

But while the world watched the bicentennial festivities, Israeli commandos were preparing for a midnight raid on Entebbe Airport in Uganda. They were on a hostage rescue mission led by Yonatan (“Yoni ...

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Secret documents reveal Israeli officials privately weighed negotiations before ordering the daring 1976 Uganda hostage ...

Israel on Friday released a cache of previously classified documents that outline in detail the decisions behind a daring ...

The Entebbe rescue operation, whose 50th anniversary is approaching, is the stuff of Israeli legend. A new trove of archival ...

THIS is the moment French commandos storm a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the latest blow to Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

A retired Army special operations veteran who took part in a failed rescue mission relating to the 1980 Iran hostage crisis ...