Invasions
The Taliban government runs on WhatsApp. There’s just one problem.
Late one night two months ago, a team of Taliban security officers assembled on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital to prepare for a raid on an Islamic State group hideout.
For Afghan actor, now a refugee, survival is the toughest role
Talibshah Hosini played some tough roles as an actor in Afghanistan before he fled. None was as hard as his real-life fight for survival in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.
UN: There Are 70 million Refugees Around the World
People are mostly fleeing wars, persecution and the consequences of global warming.
The UN High Commissioner released a report saying that the world's refugees reached 70 million, a record number since World War II, the BNR reported.
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9 Factors that caused the First Crusade
On the surface, the First Crusade looks like something with a simple cause – the hatred of one religious group for another. In reality, the causes were far more complex. A wide range of factors led to Pope Urban II’s call to arms in 1095, and to the eagerness of men to follow his lead.
A Violent Society
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How D-Day was ‘invented’ with Gallipoli inspiration? Here is an answer in 3D
A 3D simulation at Dassault Systèmes virtually constructs the Arromanches artificial harbor as a tribute to the engineers who played a role in World War II As I stand on the beach of Arromanches, a small town in northern France, I watch hundreds of soldiers rigorously working aboard warships and scores of tanks slowly moving on platforms that link the military vessels to the land, float