Homer's Iliad has a vast cast of characters. Many of these names are less familiar to mainstream audiences than mighty ...

Why do ancient urns depict Achilles and Ajax bent in concentration over some ... Whether in the present or as a break from that distant Trojan war, we all have a craving for joyful escapism.

After Achilles’s death during the Trojan War, a contest was held to determine who should receive his arms and armor. Both Ajax (Aias) and Odysseus competed, but Odysseus was chosen as the winner.

The Trojan was first “blooded” in combat via the French Air Force in Algeria from 1960 to 1962 fighting against insurgent ...

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Trump's aides have conceded that a deal to end the war could take months or longer, although the president-elect boasted on the campaign trail that he would quickly reach a settlement to stop the ...

As the third year of war in Ukraine nears a close as the new year approaches and ahead of the Feb. 24, 2025, anniversary date, new battle lines have once again been established after Russia made ...

It is a covert, low-intensity conflict with serious consequences. Moscow has long been waging a shadow war against the military alliance, but the war in Ukraine has led to an escalation of hybrid ...

Sudan’s civil war has unleashed violence, death, hunger and disease on a scarcely imaginable scale: tens of thousands of people have been killed, 12 million have been displaced and, with the ...

Inside a six-month Times investigation. By Sanjana Varghese I’m a reporter on the Visual Investigations team. Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary — both armed by foreign powers ...