The foreign ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain urged Israeli authorities on Wednesday evening to stop the construction of … More
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W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American and Ghanaian sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, … More
Nina Mae McKinney – The Black Garbo
Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and … More
A Palestinian Nelson Mandela
Marwan Hasib Ibrahim Barghouti (also transliterated al-Barghuthi; Arabic: مروان حسيب ابراهيم البرغوثي; born 6 June 1959) is a Palestinian political figure convicted and imprisoned for murder … More
In Gaza, young victims of Israeli bombing recount
In May 2021, the occupied Gaza Strip experienced renewed bloodshed and destruction as Israel launched a devastating 11-day military offensive on the … More
rally in Baghdad to mark killing of Iran general
Thousands of people have rallied in the Iraqi capital to mark the second anniversary of the killing of a revered … More
Myanmar military strategy of massacres, burnings
When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in … More
pro-democracy news site closes after raid
A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested seven current and … More
The ankh or key of life
The ankh or key of life is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in Egyptian art to represent the word for “life” … More
Israeli air raid targets key Syrian port of Latakia
An Israeli air raid has struck Syria’s Mediterranean port of Latakia for the second time this month, causing “significant material … More
Israel says will ‘double settlements’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said the country intends to double the number of settlers in the occupied Golan Heights with … More
SpaceIL – Israel’s Mission to the Moon
SpaceIL is an Israeli organization, established in 2011, that was competing in the Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) contest to land a spacecraft on the Moon. … More
Telescope launch has astronomers hoping
A churning mix of excitement and anxious dread has taken hold of astronomers around the world as they wait for … More
17 million animals died in wildfires in Brazil last year
Nearly 17 million vertebrate creatures — animals like snakes, small birds and rodents — are estimated to have been killed … More
Fort Ross, is a former Russian establishment
Fort Ross, originally Fortress Ross, is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California. … More
Bering Glacier is the largest in North America
Bering Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It currently terminates in Vitus Lake south of Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the Gulf … More
The Battle of Marj Ardabil
The Battle of Marj Ardabil or the Battle of Ardabil was a battle fought on the plains surrounding the city of Ardabil in northwestern Iran in AD 730. … More
Dominican Republic expels, mistreats Haitians
Bien-Aimé St. Clair frowned as the stream of older Haitian migrants pushed past him. Accused of living in the Dominican … More
The Other Victims of the Nazis
– more than five million non-Jews were murdered under the Nazi regime. Among them were Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, blacks, … More
The ‘First Albania’ is now Azerbaijan
Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus: mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of … More
Michael Ruark 