Sudan President Warns of Possible Civil War
Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir over the weekend warned of the possibility of civil war between the country’s north and south factions if they are not able to reach accord on certain issues...
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Fighter Jet Shot Down Above Benghazi (Photos)
A Libyan jet bomber crashes after being shot down in Benghazi on March 19, 2011 as Libya's rebel stronghold came under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south...
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Island of Giants and Angels: Cornwall’s Historic St Michael’s Mount
The impressive granite castle of St Michael's Mount towering above the sea. (Trevor Piper/Epoch Times)Visiting Marazion beach in a Force 6 northwesterly wind is not recommended. In true British...
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UN Says it Failed to Protect Sri Lankans During Civil War (Photos)
Disabled Sri Lnkan military officers join war victory parade commemorating the third anniversary of the end of the civil war on May 19, 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)...
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Confederate Flag in Old North Carolina State Capitol
A confederate flag hung in the old North Carolina State Capitol will be removed after complaints. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol to...
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Memorial Day: From the Civil War to Iraq
As the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (USVA) tells it, the origins of Memorial Day have been somewhat contentious, with many regions claiming to be the birthplace of the holiday. The first...
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Libya and U.S. Long-Term Engagement
Libyan popular and political support for engaging the international community offers the United States and Western partners an opportunity to help stabilize a North African energy producer and...
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Assad and the Palestinians
The three-year old Syrian crisis presents dire dilemmas for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and in refugee camps across the Middle East. Given Syria’s traditional role as a...
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All Eyes on Russia as Ukraine Hurtles Towards Civil War
The Ukrainian government has announced that it will mount a full-scale military operation to regain control of the east of the country and has set a deadline of 6 a.m. on Monday morning for occupied...
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Examining the Civil War Through Textiles
NEW YORK—A century or two from now, the cotton briefs you put on this morning could end up in a glass case at a history museum. The wall text (digital, of course) will describe in vivid colors the...
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Syria’s Real Scoreboard
It’s simpler when war is binary. Easier to understand – and discuss – when one side is winning, and the other is losing. When it comes to Syria, which entered its fourth year of civil war this spring,...
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How the EU Could Help Save Ukraine at the Eleventh Hour
Ukraine is disintegrating before our eyes, with escalating anarchy, civil war and proxy war with Russia, and dozens killed in Odessa on Friday. Acting President Alexander Turchinov officially declared...
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What Brahimi’s Resignation Means for the Syrian Conflict
Why did Lakhdar Brahimi resign at this time, and what does it signal for the prospects of finding a settlement to the Syrian conflict? The resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi doesn’t come as a complete...
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Heavily Armed Gunmen Stormed Libyan Parliament (Video)
Smoke billows from Libya’s parliament compound amid reports that heavily armed gunmen stormed into the building Sunday. Gunfire is heard in the capital city and an official tells Reuters that men had...
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Fire Chief Investigates Past Life as Civil War General: Group Reincarnation?...
Retired Assistant Fire Chief Jeffrey Keene stumbled upon evidence he says suggests he was Civil War General John B. Gordon in a past life. Furthermore, Keene’s fire crew seem to strongly resemble men...
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About China | China Uncensored
Chris Chappell of China Uncensored answers questions about China on a variety of topics—from the dense haze that covers parts of the country to fascinating events in Chinese history. Did you know that...
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Gettysburg Festival in Full Swing
It was the battle that turned the tide for the Confederate States of America. General Robert E. Lee’s gamble was lost in three days fighting in the orchards and fields of this pastoral Pennsylvania...
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Meticulous Colorization Brings History Back to Life (Photo Gallery)
Jordan Lloyd’s meticulous colorization of black-and-white photos brings the viewer right into the American Civil War, Times Square in olden days, or the March on Washington in 1963. It’s American...
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Gettysburg Battle Reenactments
It was the battle that turned the tide of the American Civil War. When General Robert E. Lee retreated across the Potomac River, the death knell of the southern cause was sounded. The war would bleed...
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Refugee Crisis: The Stunning Collapse of Syria’s Safe Spaces
While filming a documentary in Syria in the summer of 2003, I visited the Jaramana refugee camp near Damascus. Run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine, Jaramana at the time housed around...
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Defeating the Islamic State Militarily Is Only Half the Battle
In his speech on September 10 President Obama characterized the Islamic State (ISIS) as a terrorist group. [1] There were clear political benefits to using this label, not the least of which was to...
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Syrian Leader Exploits Coalition War Against ISIS
BEIRUT—Syrian President Bashar Assad is taking advantage of the U.S.-led coalition’s war against the Islamic State group to pursue a withering air and ground campaign against more mainstream rebels...
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Lebanon Says It Won’t Accept More Syrian Refugees
BEIRUT—Lebanon announced on Thursday it will not accept any more refugees from neighboring war-torn Syria, except in what authorities deem to be “exceptional” cases — a move that could prevent tens of...
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Extremists Launch New Attack on Syrian Border Town
BEIRUT—Fighters from the Islamic State group launched Saturday a new offensive on the northern Syrian town of Kobani after shelling the area from their positions nearby, activists and a Kurdish...
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Syrian Activists Say Kobani Death Toll Passes 800
MURSITPINAR, Turkey—A Syrian activist group said Sunday that the death toll in 40 days of fighting in and around the northern Syrian border town of Kobani has reached 815, as Kurdish fighters battled...
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Syrian Opposition Warns of Upcoming Food Shortage
ISTANBUL—Syria’s Western-backed opposition on Thursday called on international donors to help stave off a food crisis in the country where drought and civil war have caused a dramatic drop in wheat...
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Hezbollah and the West Unite to Fight ISIS? Don’t Hold Your Breath
The Shia militant group Hezbollah has suggested its fight against Islamic State has given it a common purpose with the West. In an interview with the BBC, Mohammed Fneish, a Lebanese Hezbollah...
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Hezbollah: In Syria for the Long Haul
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gazes across Damascus from his palace on Mount Qasioun, he can be grateful to his Russian, Iranian, and Hezbollah allies that he is still in a position to enjoy such...
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For 600 Migrants, Harrowing Sail Ends in Greece
IERAPETRA, Greece—Hour after hour, the coast guard boats shuttled from the crippled freighter to a concrete pier, discharging a steady flow of humanity: Families with small children, black-clad elderly...
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The First Memorial Day Was No Picnic
Even if most of us celebrate Memorial Day with cookouts and beach parties, the day honoring our fallen soldiers has a history worth knowing. Today it’s a national holiday, but it wasn’t always a day...
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Black Union Soldier Buried in Nevada Finally Honored
RENO, Nev.—A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle finally received recognition Sunday, nearly 100 years after he died in Nevada....
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South Carolina Lawmakers Return for Confederate Flag Debate
COLUMBIA, S.C.—While it appears there is broad support in the South Carolina Legislature to bring down the Confederate flag, the depth of that support will get its first test this week as lawmakers...
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South Sudan’s War on Women
When government forces launched their attack on the village of Bauw in South Sudan’s Unity State in early summer, Nyaduri and several other women fled into the bush. Their hiding place only gave them...
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Red Cross President Visits Yemen Amid Monthslong Civil War
SANAA, Yemen—The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived Saturday in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa, as security officials said a bomb inside a booby-trapped car at a key...
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Don’t Call It a Civil War—Ukraine’s Conflict Is an Act of Russian Aggression
As Ukraine marks 24 years since its independence from the Soviet Union, it is embroiled in the most dangerous armed conflict in Europe—against the Russian Federation. The stakes are incredibly high,...
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White House: Obama Wants to Admit More Syrian Refugees
WASHINGTON—The United States is making plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming budget year, a significant increase from the 1,500 people who have been cleared to resettle in the U.S. since...
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China Fuels Syrian War Through Iran Proxy
While Russia has been forthright about its military support for the the Syrian government, the Chinese regime is offering similar support, but from the shadows. China’s supply of weapons to the Syrian...
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From Syria to Jersey City, Against All Odds
JERSEY CITY, N.J.—There was a faint whistling sound; then, a deafening blast. The ground in Homs, Syria, quivered. Hussam Al Roustom saw his friend screeching to a halt in a vegetable truck. His friend...
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Ground Fighting Rages On in Yemen Ahead of Ceasefire
SANAA, Yemen—Fierce fighting was underway between forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the country’s Shiite rebels just hours before an agreed-on truce was supposed to...
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UN Endorses Peace Process for Syria; No Mention of Assad
UNITED NATIONS—The U.N. Security Council’s unanimous support of a peace process for Syria that is set to begin next month with government-opposition talks and a cease-fire represents its strongest...
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Besieged Syrian Villages Run Short of Food, Medicine
BEIRUT—Pro-government fighters recently evacuated from two besieged villages in northern Syria described harsh conditions there with scarce food and medicine, saying some residents are eating grass to...
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How British Businesses Helped the Confederacy Fight the American Civil War
The American Civil War devastated the US, but it also had serious consequences for the world beyond. Among them was the Lancashire cotton famine, which plunged thousands of British subjects into...
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Movie Review: ‘Free State of Jones’: Mississippi Braveheart
Former blacksmith Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) steadies an ex-slave’s head against a mangrove tree in a Mississippi swamp and starts slamming the steel bolt on the medieval, 4-pronged...
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