September 1 marks Nazi Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland igniting WWII, King Louis XIV's death, Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake, Orwell's novel, and the first US ATM.

On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, an event regarded as the start of World War II. But what came next, the German occupation of Poland, was exceptionally brutal.

Poland has sent 40,000 troops to its eastern border with Belarus as it prepares for Russia and Belarus's huge spectacle of joint military drills, Zapad 2025

Newsweek sat down with Polish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Radek Sikorski in Washington for a candid conversation.

Article 4 allows member states to start a formal discussion within the alliance about threats to their security. It does not commit the alliance to military action.

The Titanic wreck was discovered on September 1, 1985, by American oceanographer Dr Robert Ballard and French diving engineer Jean-Louis Michel. The luxurious ship sank on its maiden journey from Southampton to New York City,

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland is closing its border with Belarus on Thursday at midnight local time as a result of the Zapad military exercises taking place in Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.