Because at first no one knew what was going on, everyone thought that I thought that we were only affected. I didn't know the size of this explosion and the size of the damage until I was able to get up and go down to the street. It wasn't until then that ...
The devastating explosion at a port in Beirut yesterday evening (Aug. 4) that killed more than 100 people and injured at least 4,000 seems to have stemmed from a storage unit housing enormous amounts of ammonium nitrate, according to news reports. The initial explosion ignited a fire, while...
Ten chosen men performed the bloody task, and then one man killed his fellow nine. The sole survivor committed suicide, leaving 960 corpses for the Romans in the fortress of Masada [source: Jewish Virtual Library]. Around the same time, Christians were also raising the ire of their Roman ...
The attack comes the day aftera top Hamas official was killedin a strike in southern Beirut. Whilst the assassination in Lebanon appears very much to be the work of Israeli special forces,the attack in Kermanappears to be very different. Mass casualty blasts at a commemoration for Iran's...
The General Assembly of the United Nations, for the third time in twelve months, is meeting to discuss "the future government of Palestine." Discussions are taking place in an atmosphere of violence which may touch off an explosion far beyond the boundaries of the Holy Land. The question wh...
The "Unknown Soldier" commemorates the 116,516 American soldiers killed in World War I, many of whose bodies were never identified. [Pictured: Unknown Soldier is laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 11, 1921] 1922: Washington Naval Treaty Public Domain 1922: Washington Naval ...
He is seen as a hard-liner with closer ties to Hamas’ armed wing than hispredecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killedin an explosion in Iran’s capital last month that was widely blamed on Israel and could spark an all-out regional war. ...
In Jerusalem, bombs were thrown in an Arab market-place near the Damascus Gate; in Jaffa, bombs were thrown into an Arab cafe; in the Arab village of Al Abbasya, near Lydda, 12 Arabs were killed in an attack with mortars and automatic weapons. December 19, 1947. Haganah terrorists ...
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InNovember 2016, 17 people were killed in a series of explosions on an oil tanker at a shipbreaking yard in Gadani, Pakistan. In 2019 alone, it was reported that 26 shipbreakers died in Bangladesh. This is an industry that could be so much safer. ...