Warsaw says it is its “obligation” to seek reparations.

The Japanese city of Hiroshima has marked the 77th anniversary of the US atomic bombing during the World War 2.

A series of explosions at a bomb disposal site in Germany have caused a massive blaze in one of Berlin’s largest city forests​​​​​​​.

Russia has accused the United States of launching an anti-Russian messaging campaign across social media over the war in Ukraine, saying the move resembles the World War Two Nazi propaganda machine run by Joseph Goebbels.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, saying it was necessary as the West was preparing to invade Russia. 

“Today, our soldiers, as their ancestors, are fighting side by side to liberate their native land from the Nazi filth,” the president said.

A top US military commander says China is engaged in “the largest military buildup since World War II.”