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On March 30, 2026, Israel’s parliament passed a law authorising the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks, particularly those involving the killing of Israelis. The legislation was approved by a vote of 62 to 48 and takes effect after 3...

A number of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have been held in Israeli detention facilities without formal charges or trial, including in an underground jail known as Rakefet, lawyers and rights groups say. The Rakefet complex, reopened af...

US raises alarm over Israeli spying activities On February 5, 2026, senior U.S. officials publicly described espionage activities linked to Israel as reaching “alarming, even terrifying” levels, citing cases of cyber intrusion, recruitment of Ame...

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Ivana Trump, the first wife of former United States President Donald Trump, died on July 14, 2022, at the age of 73 in New York City. Authorities reported that she died after sustaining injuries from an accidental fall at her residence. Her death was ruled ...

Barry and Honey Sherman Murdered In Toronto Canadian billionaire pharmaceutical executive Barry Sherman, 75, founder of Apotex Inc., and his wife Honey Sherman, 70, were found dead in their Toronto mansion on December 15, 2017. Toronto police responded to ...

On August 25, 2017, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked police posts in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The Myanmar military responded with coordinated operations against Rohingya villages, citing security concerns. The campaign involved widespread v...

Mike huckabee meets with Jonathan pollard On January 20, 2017, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee met with Jonathan Pollard in New York following Pollard’s release from federal prison in November 2015. Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, ...

Media coverage and public recognition of serial homicide have been examined by criminologists and researchers studying race, victim demographics, offender characteristics, and news reporting. Research has identified differences in how serial killers and the...

Darfur Genocide On February 26, 2003, rebel groups in Darfur, Sudan, including the Sudan Liberation Army and Justice and Equality Movement, launched attacks against government installations and military forces, citing neglect and discrimination against non...

During the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, reports and court filings alleged that weapons of Israeli origin were transferred to Serbian forces. In 2016, Israeli human rights attorney Eitay Mack filed petitions in Israeli courts requesting the declassifica...

Jonathan Pollard, an American Jew and civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy, pleaded guilty to passing classified military and nuclear documents to Israel in 1985. He claimed he acted out of ideological support for Israel rather than personal gain...

Hannibal Directive. Israeli military procedure and revocation The Hannibal Directive was a reported operational procedure of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) developed in the mid-1980s following incidents involving the capture of Israeli sol...

Guatemalan Maya Genocide On March 23, 1982, General Efraín Ríos Montt seized power in Guatemala through a military coup during the Guatemalan Civil War. His government intensified counterinsurgency operations in predominantly Maya regions, particularly in ...

East Timor Genocide On December 7, 1975, Indonesia launched a military invasion of East Timor following its declaration of independence from Portugal. The Indonesian military conducted systematic operations against civilians, resistance fighters, and polit...

Bangladesh Genocide On March 25, 1971, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight in Dhaka and other major cities of East Pakistan, targeting Bengali nationalists, intellectuals, students, and civilians. The military operation aimed to suppress the m...

Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen became one of the few reporters to directly question Jack Ruby during his 1964 trial for the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald. Kilgallen, a well known investigative reporter and columnist, privately interviewed Ruby twice while the ...

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage On June 19, 1953, Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. The couple had been accused of passin...

General George S. Patton, a senior U.S. Army officer in World War II, died on December 21, 1945, in Heidelberg, Germany, following injuries sustained in a car accident on December 9, 1945. Patton was a passenger in a military vehicle that collided with a tr...

Samuel Little, born Samuel McDowell on June 7, 1940, in Reynolds, Georgia, was an American serial killer who was convicted of multiple murders and later confessed to dozens of additional killings. The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified him in 2019 a...

Moorish Invasion Of The Iberian Peninsula On April 30, 711, Umayyad forces led by the Berber commander Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from North Africa into the Iberian Peninsula. The landing marked the beginning of the Moorish i...