How Brazilian town became last holdout of the American Confederacy – and why it’s finally been defeated after 160 years
DESPITE the American Civil War ending nearly 160 years ago – there was still one place in the world where the Confederate South was seemingly alive and well. Welcome to the town of Santa ...
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Revolutionary War battle will be commemorated over 2 centuries after Cowpens clash
GAFFNEY — On Jan. 17, 1781, a late-stage Revolutionary War battle in the South Carolina backcountry ended in an American ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: North Koreans suffering mass casualties says US as Zelensky set for £1bn arms boost
Vladimir Putin said Russia had struck Ukraine with a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile in response to Kyiv’s use of US and British missiles against Russia. On 21 November, he said Russia ...
N.J. veteran restores once neglected, Civl War-era graveyard to honor Black military heroes
The cemetery was established in the 1800s for Black veterans and residents who were denied burial spaces at other graveyards.
She hoped to learn more about her enslaved ancestors. A trip South revealed hard truths.
Daunted by spotty record keeping and Black enslavement, a retiree traveled South in search of her family history ...
From Nuremberg to now: How a war crimes trial in Sweden is changing legal history
A modern legal principle, the origins of universal jurisdiction stretch back to the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials ...
10 Civil War-era piers in Susquehanna River demolished by Amtrak, despite opposition over historical value
A contractor for Amtrak removed the final ruins of an 1866 rail bridge from the Susquehanna River last month, despite ...
Influences of Southern U.S. authoritarianism explained by author with Oak Ridge ties
From the founding of the Southern British colonies in 1606. ... These beliefs continue to influence the contemporary South." ...
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And Why a Stable Post-Assad Future Will Require Tehran’s Involvement
In the aftermath, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned Assad’s fall as a foreign-orchestrated conspiracy, ...
As flooding becomes a yearly disaster in South Sudan, thousands survive on the edge of a canal
AYOD, South Sudan (AP) — Long-horned cattle wade through flooded lands and climb a slope along a canal that has become a ...
Mass Grave Unearthed at Iran-backed Hezbollah Site Near Syrian Shrine
A mass grave containing at least 21 corpses was discovered by the White Helmets in Damascus' Sayyida Zeinab suburb.
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Conflict in Syria
What began as protests against President Assad’s regime in 2011 quickly escalated into a full-scale war between the Syrian government—backed by Russia and Iran—and anti-government rebel ...