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Under the belief that Israel and the United States were planning to attack its nuclear program, Iran conducted the…
Under the belief that Israel and the United States were planning to attack its nuclear program, Iran conducted the…
Controversy surrounding the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn, a Soviet Red Army World War II memorial in Tall
Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam
As a result of an ongoing conflict between drug dealers and police in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, a large military an
Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters (pictured) conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.
An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw 6.6 struck…
A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from…
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India.
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives in a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 11 people and injuring 70
The Parliament of Nepal unanimously voted to strip King Gyanendra of many of his powers
An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate c
Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and…
Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least…
Uzbek Interior Ministry and State Security Service troops fired at protesters in Andijan, killing between 187 and 1,500
Same-sex marriage became legal in Spain with the coming into effect of a law passed by the Cortes Generales.
Same-sex marriage became legal in Spain with the coming into effect of a law passed by the Cortes Generales.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced the formal end of its armed campaign to overthrow British rule in…