While not an independent national flag anymore, the flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — the USSR flag, for short — featured a red background with a yellow hammer and sickle ...

along with an anarchy symbol and a red hammer and sickle symbolizing Communism. "Khaybar" is a reference to a massacre committed against a Jewish community in 628 CE by early Muslims and is ...

When someone inherits two mutant copies of the hemoglobin gene, the abnormal form of the hemoglobin protein causes the red blood cells to lose oxygen and warp into a sickle shape during periods of ...

The Soviet Communists replaced it with a red-and-green flag, including the hammer and sickle symbol and a traditional folk motif. That flag was reintroduced by President Alexander Lukashenko in ...

Ukraine’s coat of arms will replace the hammer and sickle ahead of Ukraine's Independence Day on Aug. 24. Photo: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters ...