mass graves
Zelensky says two more mass graves discovered in Izium
World
September 26, 2022
Zelensky says two more mass graves discovered in Izium
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed several amendments to the country’s criminal code, making wartime punishments for various offenses more…
In Libyan city, mass graves evoke stakes of faltering peace push
Middle East
October 13, 2021
In Libyan city, mass graves evoke stakes of faltering peace push
TARHOUNA, Libya, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Workers in the Libyan city of Tarhouna have spent more than a year exhuming…
More than 200 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada
World
May 29, 2021
More than 200 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada
KAMLOOPS, British Colombia (AP) — The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found…
Libyan investigators find more mass graves in recaptured city
Middle East
October 29, 2020
Libyan investigators find more mass graves in recaptured city
TARHOUNA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan authorities have dug 12 bodies from four more unmarked graves in the city of Tarhouna,…
Sudan finds mass grave likely linked to foiled 1990 coup
Middle East
July 24, 2020
Sudan finds mass grave likely linked to foiled 1990 coup
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities have found a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of 28 army officers shot…
UN chief tells Libya’s Hifter there is no military solution
Middle East
July 2, 2020
UN chief tells Libya’s Hifter there is no military solution
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the commander of Libya’s eastern-based forces Wednesday that there can be…
Syria’s Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after IS fall
Middle East
September 10, 2019
Syria’s Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after IS fall
RAQQA, Syria (AP) — The neighbors reported a foul smell coming from the house next door. The house, which the…
Nobel Prize winner warns wildfires threaten Iraqi mass graves
Middle East
June 12, 2019
Nobel Prize winner warns wildfires threaten Iraqi mass graves
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nobel Prize-winner and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad has warned that wildfires raging in northern Iraq…
Mass graves from Franco era become Spanish election issue
World
April 18, 2019
Mass graves from Franco era become Spanish election issue
PATERNA, Spain (AP) — When archaeologists in Spain unearthed layers of human bones from a mass grave last year, the…
More than 200 mass graves of Islamic State victims found in Iraq: UN report
Middle East
November 6, 2018
More than 200 mass graves of Islamic State victims found in Iraq: UN report
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 200 mass graves have been uncovered in Iraq in areas formerly controlled by Islamic…