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This travel company wants tourists to visit Ukraine right now
World
August 9, 2022
This travel company wants tourists to visit Ukraine right now
Visiting Ukraine right now to experience what’s it like living in the middle of a war, seeing its bombed cities…
Colorado fire victims begin new year surveying destruction
World
January 1, 2022
Colorado fire victims begin new year surveying destruction
SUPERIOR, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of Colorado residents who had expected to ring in 2022 in their homes are instead…
Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on US election day
Middle East
November 5, 2020
Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on US election day
JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing…
Winds intensifying as firefighters battle fire in California
World
October 2, 2020
Winds intensifying as firefighters battle fire in California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Winds grew stronger Thursday in California’s wine country, threatening to escalate a massive wildfire that has…
Living like ghosts in the ruins of Syria’s besieged Aleppo
Middle East
September 10, 2016
Living like ghosts in the ruins of Syria’s besieged Aleppo
Even if it were somehow possible to escape eastern Aleppo, Abdullah Shiyani, a 10-year-old boy who dreams of being a…
The Islamic State: A year of death and destruction
Middle East
June 8, 2015
The Islamic State: A year of death and destruction
The Islamic State jihadist group launched a sweeping offensive a year ago that overran large chunks of Iraqi territory, led…
UNESCO chief: Destruction of Palmyra would be ‘enormous loss to humanity’
Archaeology
May 21, 2015
UNESCO chief: Destruction of Palmyra would be ‘enormous loss to humanity’
The destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra would be an "enormous loss to humanity", the head of…
Former minister denies prior knowledge of destruction of State Security archive
Egypt
August 1, 2011
Former minister denies prior knowledge of destruction of State Security archive
Former Egyptian Interior Minister Mahmoud Wagdy on Monday denied prior knowledge of plans to destroy the archives of the…
Destruction of shrines by Salafis triggers protests and condemnation
Egypt
April 2, 2011
Destruction of shrines by Salafis triggers protests and condemnation
The destruction of some shrines by Salafi groups this week has sparked angry demonstrations in Alexandria, triggered warnings by Egypt's…
Quake permanently moved Japan
Environment
March 13, 2011
Quake permanently moved Japan
Japan's recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about 2.4 meters…