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Russian forces attacked port and export infrastructure in Ukraine's Odesa region during the night leading into September 1, 2026, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes damaged export infrastructure an...

Russian drones struck a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih on August 21, 2026, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 130, according to Ukrainian authorities. Children were among those reported killed and injured. Ukrainian officials said the attack i...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir published footage on August 18, 2026, showing construction of a facility intended to carry out executions by hanging. The footage showed Ben-Gvir standing near wooden and metal structures at a construction ...

Ukraine carried out a drone attack on Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region on August 10, 2026. Ukrainian military authorities said the operation targeted the TANECO oil refinery, while Russian authorities reported that residential and industrial areas w...

Yemen's Houthi movement said on August 9, 2026, that it attacked an Aramco oil refinery in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, using a drone. Saudi authorities reported that a fire occurred at the facility and was extinguished without reported injuries. The Houthis sai...

A Palestinian farmer was shot and killed by Israeli settlers on his family’s land in the West Bank on April 5, 2026, according to reports from local sources. The incident occurred in the presence of the victim’s father. This marks the third reported case in...

French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri filed a complaint in France on April 3, 2026, requesting a war crimes investigation into an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Beirut in November 2024. The strike reportedly killed seven civilians, including Cherri’...

A Palestinian child was reported killed and several others injured by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip on March 24, 2026, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The incident was reported in multiple locations across the territory during the day. WA...

A Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest was killed after Israeli tank fire struck a home in the southern Lebanese village of Al-Qlayaa near the border with Israel. Father Pierre al-Rai died from wounds sustained during the shelling, according to local officials...

Iran names new supreme leader during Tehran airstrike fires On March 8, 2026, Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The announcement followed the death of the previ...

Dozens of Lebanese civilians have been killed as Israeli forces conduct operations in southern Lebanon searching for a navigator who has been missing for 40 years. The military action reportedly involved airstrikes and ground searches that resulted in the d...

On March 4, 2026, U.S. political lobbyist Jeff Ballabon posted comments on social media regarding reports that Iranian schoolgirls had been killed during airstrikes in Iran. Ballabon, a Republican political consultant and lobbyist who has worked with pro...

On March 3, 2026, the Israeli Air Force conducted an airstrike on a building in the holy city of Qom that housed Iran’s Council of Experts, the clerical body responsible for selecting the next supreme leader. An Israeli defense official said the strike o...

On March 2, 2026, Lebanese health authorities reported that at least 31 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in Israeli airstrikes conducted in multiple areas of southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. The Israeli military state...

U.S. and Israeli Military Operations in Iran Report Deaths on All Sides On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military operations against targets in Iran. The strikes focused on Iranian missile sites, military facilities, ...

Estimated numbers and percentages of interracial homicides where Black victims were killed by White offenders, and White victims were killed by Black offenders: 2020: Black killed by White – 2,945 (30%) | White killed by Black – 3,400 (10%) ...

Palestinian-american teenager murdered by israeli settlers in west bank On February 18, 2026, a 17-year-old Palestinian-American teenager was shot and killed by Israeli settlers near the settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank. Witnesses reported tha...

On February 15, 2026, at least 11 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza Civil Defence authorities. The strikes occurred from dawn to midday and are part of ongoing hostilities despite ceasefire efforts, rais...

Alexander Lamar Banks Jr. attacked family outside Lansing On February 13, 2026, 21‑year‑old Alexander Lamar Banks Jr. was arrested in Delta Township, near Lansing, Michigan, after allegedly driving his vehicle into a family walking together and then firing...

On February 12, 2026, Israeli military forces opened fire in parts of the Gaza Strip despite an existing ceasefire, resulting in new casualties among Palestinian civilians. Medical sources in Gaza reported that three Palestinians, including two children and...

On February 10, 2026, a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that the suspected shooter was 18‑year‑old Jesse Van Rootselaar...

Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon kills child Ali Hassan Jaber and his father On February 9, 2026, an Israeli drone strike in the town of Yanouh in southern Lebanon killed three people, including a young child and his father. Lebanese heal...

On February 5, 2026, Italian prosecutors in Milan confirmed they are investigating allegations that some individuals paid to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo during the siege of the Bosnian War in the 1990s. The inquiry focuses on claims that foreigners, incl...

24 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza, medics say On February 4, 2026, health officials in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli strikes and artillery fire across the territory killed at least 24 Palestinians. The Gaza Health Ministry said the vict...

Israeli Military Strikes Continue in Gaza Despite Ceasefire Agreements Reports from Gaza’s health authorities indicate that Israeli air and military strikes have continued in multiple locations across the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreement ...

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Explosions in Iran Leave Several Dead Amid Denials of Foreign Involvement On Saturday, explosions were reported in multiple locations in Iran, including the southern port city of Bandar Abbas and the southwestern city of Ahvaz. Iranian state and ...

On January 28, 2026, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that a massive drone attack in Odesa, Ukraine, killed and injured several civilians and damaged residential buildings and energy infrastructure, leaving mor...

On January 27, 2026, Israeli military forces (IDF/IOF) carried out strikes in Gaza City that killed three Palestinian civilians, including a 17-year-old boy, despite an existing ceasefire agreement. Two people died in a missile strike in a residential area ...

Mass protests across Iran have continued since late December 2025 amid economic hardship and political discontent, evolving into one of the largest uprisings since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. According to reporting and estimates from observers, the governm...

On January 25, 2026, Israeli fire killed two Palestinians in the Tuffah neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip, according to local health authorities, and a separate Israeli drone strike wounded four civilians on the rooftop of a multi‑story building in G...

On January 24, 2026, United States Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The shooting occurred amid protests against expanded federal immigration enforceme...

On January 23, 2026, data from the Gaza Health Ministry and United Nations updates indicated continued Palestinian fatalities in the Gaza Strip due to ongoing hostilities and ceasefire violations. According to a United Nations humanitarian situation update,...

The film The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Oscars. The docudrama blends real audio from a child’s distress call with dramatized...

On January 21, 2026, Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 11 Palestinians, including two 13‑year‑old boys, three journalists, and a woman, according to hospital officials and Gaza health authorities. The deaths occurred on one of the d...

The United States carried out a retaliatory strike in Syria, targeting an Islamic State-linked militant leader responsible for an ambush that killed U.S. troops and a civilian. The strike demonstrates ongoing U.S. counterterrorism operations in the region.

israeli army fire kills 2 palestinians, wounds 18 in ceasefire violations in gaza israeli army fire kills 2 palestinians, wounds 18 in ceasefire violations in gaza date: january 3, 2026 two palestinians were killed and 18 others injured by israeli gunf...

In December 2025, Andrew Clark, a father, was fatally attacked at a Sainsbury's supermarket in Beckenham, southeast London. The incident occurred after Clark confronted another man who was allegedly jumping the queue. Witnesses reported that the altercation...

On October 17, 2025, the director of the Government Media Office in Gaza, Dr. Ismail al-Thawabta, publicly accused the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) of removing organs from Palestinian bodies returned to Gaza after the exchange of prisoners and hostages. Al-T...

Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was on police bail following an earlier arrest on suspicion of rape when he carried out a deadly attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester on October 2, 2025, according to Greater Manchester Police. He had no...

Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 86 Palestinians, including dozens of people seeking humanitarian aid near distribution centers, according to medical sources in Gaza. In Rafah alone, 27 aid seekers were among the fatalities. Med...

Mother Waits 36 Years for Israel to Return Son’s Body The article describes the story of a Palestinian mother who waited 36 years for Israel to return the body of her son, who was killed in 1979 during an armed clash with Israeli forces. After...

Palestinian Killed by Smoke Canister in Beit Lahia On 30 November 2024, a Palestinian man in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia was reported killed after being struck by a smoke canister that had been fired by Israeli forces. Multiple local new...

Philip Esformes Arrested Again After Trump Clemency Miami, Florida — Philip Esformes, the Miami-based nursing home executive whose 20-year federal prison sentence for health care fraud was commuted by former President Donald Trump in 2020, was arrest...

Coordinated pager explosions in Lebanon attributed to Israeli intelligence On September 17, 2024, thousands of handheld pagers used by members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah exploded nearly simultaneously across Lebanon and parts of Syria....

Report Says Up to 21,000 Children Missing or Separated From Families in Gaza A new report warned that the number of children missing or separated from their families in the Gaza Strip may be as high as 21,000 amid ongoing hostilities. The figures...

Two Swedish nationals were killed and a third person was injured in a shooting in Brussels on October 16, 2023. The victims were in the Belgian capital for a football match between Belgium and Sweden. Belgian authorities identified the attacker as Abdesalem...

Rachel Corrie, an American activist, was killed in Rafah, Gaza Strip, while participating in a protest against the demolition of Palestinian homes. The incident occurred on March 16, 2003. Corrie, a member of the International Solidarity Movement, was repor...

Palestinian Child Shot in Jenin Dies From Injuries, Rights Group Reports A Palestinian child who was shot during an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin died from his wounds, according to Palestinian officials and hu...

On May 11, 2022, Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera, was fatally shot while covering an Israeli raid in Jenin, West Bank. She was wearing a clearly marked press vest and helmet. Witnesses, colleagues, and video evidence indi...

U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul That Killed Civilians Including Children On 29 August 2021, a drone strike conducted by the United States Central Command in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed ten civilians, including seven children. The strike occurred in a r...

On April 6, 2018, Yaser Murtaja, a 30-year-old Palestinian journalist and cameraman working with Ain Media, was shot and killed by Israeli forces while covering protests near the Gaza-Israel border. Murtaja was wearing a press vest and documenting the Great...

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...

Yazidi Genocide On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched an हमला on the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, targeting the Yazidi minority. ISIS forces captured towns and villages, accusing the Yazidis of religious deviation and de...

On July 16, 2014, during the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas, four Palestinian children from the Bakr family were killed in a strike near the fishing harbor of Gaza City. The children were identified as Ismail Mahmoud Bakr, 9, Ahed Atef Bakr, 10, Za...

2010 sermon statements attributed to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef 2010 sermon statements attributed to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on gentiles In 2010, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a prominent Israeli religious authority and spiritual leader of th...

On February 12, 2010, U.S. Special Operations forces conducted a nighttime raid in Khataba village, in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. The operation targeted a compound believed to be linked to insurgent activity. During the raid, five civilians were kille...

Gabriela Rico Jiménez’s Viral 2009 Incident and Disappearance On the evening of August 3, 2009, 21‑year‑old Gabriela Rico Jiménez was filmed in a distressed state outside the Fiesta Inn hotel in Monterrey, Mexico. In the video footage that circul...

An Israeli airstrike on July 30, 2006, struck a residential building in the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of multiple civilians. The strike occurred during ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in what became known ...

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...

Osama Bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda, did not formally claim responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. The attacks involved the hijacking of four commercial airplanes, which were used to target the World Trade Center towers...

An Israeli artillery strike on a United Nations compound in the village of Qana in southern Lebanon on April 18, 1996, resulted in the deaths of more than 100 civilians who had taken shelter at the site. The compound was being used by the United Nations Int...

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...

Rwandan Genocide On April 7, 1994, following the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, widespread violence erupted against the Tutsi population in Rwanda. The genocide was orchestrated by government authorities, military units, and extrem...

Anfal Genocide On February 23, 1988, the Iraqi government launched the Anfal campaign against Kurdish populations in northern Iraq during the final phase of the Iran–Iraq War. The campaign was directed by Ali Hassan al-Majid under the authority of Presiden...

The Sabra and Shatila massacre took place between September 16 and 18, 1982, in the Sabra neighborhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. The massacre was carried out by a Lebanese Christian militia, the Phalange, with the Israeli Def...

El Mozote massacre On December 11, 1981, Salvadoran Army units carried out a massacre in the village of El Mozote in Morazán Department, El Salvador. Soldiers of the Atlácatl Battalion, trained by the United States military, entered the village and killed ...

Wayne Bertram Williams is an American convicted murderer whose 1982 convictions became a central part of the investigation into a series of killings known as the Atlanta Child Murders. Between 1979 and 1981, approximately 29 African-American children, teena...

Harold Wallace Rosenthal, a Senate aide, was killed in a terrorist attack at Istanbul Airport in 1976. Rosenthal had worked for Senator Jacob Javits and was serving in his staff role at the time of his death. A pamphlet titled "The Hidden Tyranny" was publi...

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...

The Burundi Genocide of 1972 was a mass killing event targeting primarily the Hutu ethnic group by the Tutsi-dominated government.The violence began in April 1972 following a Hutu-led uprising, which was met with brutal repression by the national army and g...

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...

On March 16, 1968, U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, carried out a mass killing of Vietnamese civilians in the hamlets of My Lai and My Khe in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam....

Background and Long‑Term Pattern Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank has been tracked since at least 2006, with thousands of incidents of assaults, property damage, arson, intimidation, and land seizures doc...

On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, the United States Navy technical research ship USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was attacked in international waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea by Israeli Air Force jet aircraft and Israeli Navy torpedo boats. The USS L...

On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby, a Jewish-American nightclub owner in Dallas, Texas, shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The shooting occurred in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters while Osw...

The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, occurred on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza, becoming one of the most consequential and widely inve...

1948 Tantura Killings The events at the Palestinian village of Tantura occurred during the **1948 Palestine war**, when forces of the Haganah, specifically the Alexandroni Brigade, engaged in the battle for the village on the night of **22–23 May...

The Nakba refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians that occurred between 1947 and 1949 during the collapse of the British Mandate for Palestine and the establishment of the State of Israel. On November 29, 1947, the United Nation...

On July 22, 1946, the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, which housed the administrative headquarters of the British Mandate authorities in Palestine, was bombed. The attack was carried out by the Zionist paramilitary organization Irgun. Members of the group...

During World War II (1939–1945), the Allied forces of the United States and the United Kingdom carried out a widespread strategic bombing campaign against German cities. The campaign targeted industrial centers, transportation hubs, and military facilities,...

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...

The Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanjing, occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War after Japanese forces captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of China, on December 13, 1937.Over a period of six weeks, the Japanese military commi...

The Haitian Parsley Massacre, also known as the 1937 Parsley Massacre or the Haitian Massacre, was a mass killing carried out by the Dominican Army under the orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo in early October 1937.On October 2, 1937, thousands of...

The Arab Revolt in Palestine was a nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs against British colonial rule and mass Jewish immigration under the British Mandate, which followed the 1917 Balfour Declaration. The revolt was primarily aimed at ending Jewish im...

Simele Massacre On August 7, 1933, units of the Iraqi Army entered the town of Simele in northern Iraq during a military campaign targeting Assyrian communities. Tensions had escalated following disputes between Assyrian groups and the Iraqi government con...

On June 13, 1920, Albanian political activist Avni Rustemi shot and killed Essad Pasha Toptani in Paris, France. Essad Pasha was an Albanian Ottoman-era political and military figure who had played a controversial role in Balkan and World War I-era politics...

Murder of the Romanovs On July 17, 1918, the last Russian Emperor, Nicholas II, along with his wife Alexandra, their five children, and four loyal attendants, were executed by Bolshevik forces in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The family had been held under house ...

The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued on November 2 1917 by the British government during World War I expressing support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine a territory then under Ottoman rule and inha...

Assyrian Genocide On January 1, 1915, systematic attacks against Assyrian communities began in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Assyrians, a Christian minority concentrated in regions including Hakkari, Van, and Tur Abdin, we...

Herero And Nama Genocide On January 12, 1904, members of the Herero community initiated an armed uprising against German colonial authorities in German South West Africa, present-day Namibia. The conflict followed years of territorial dispossession, livest...

Alexander Orlov, born Lev Lazarevich Feldbin on 21 August 1895 in Bobruisk, was a Soviet NKVD officer from an Orthodox Jewish family. He later operated under several aliases, including Lev Nikolsky and Alexander Orlov. Alexander Orlov was the principal n...

The California Native American genocide refers to the systematic destruction and mass killing of Indigenous peoples in California during the mid-19th century, primarily following the 1848 Gold Rush.Between 1846 and 1873, tens of thousands of Native American...

The Albigensian Crusade was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate Catharism in the Languedoc region of southern France. It began in 1209 under Pope Innocent III.One of the earliest and most notorious massacres occurred at...

The Tengu are supernatural beings from Japanese mythology known for their association with mountains, forests, and spiritual power. They have been part of traditional folklore for centuries and are recognized for their distinctive appearance and complex rol...

Chang’an, the capital of the Tang dynasty, was violently sacked by rebel forces led by Huang Chao. The siege resulted in widespread destruction and the collapse of central Tang authority in the region.Thousands of inhabitants were killed or displaced, and t...

Emperor Carinus was killed in battle against the forces loyal to his rival, Diocletian, near the Margus River. The conflict marked the end of Carinus's brief reign and a turning point in the Tetrarchy system's consolidation.His death cleared the path for Di...

Marcus Aurelius Probus was proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops in September 276 after the death of Emperor Florianus. His accession marked a period of efforts to restore stability within the empire amidst ongoing internal and external pressures.Probus, a...

The revolt led by Gordian II was part of a larger uprising against the reigning emperor Maximinus Thrax. Gordian II, alongside his father Gordian I, was proclaimed emperor by the Roman Senate in Africa.The rebel forces faced imperial loyalists in a decisive...

In the mid-first century, Emperor Nero initiated systematic persecution of Christians in Rome following the Great Fire of 64 AD. Christians were blamed for the disaster and subjected to brutal punishments.This persecution marked one of the earliest large-sc...

Jesus of Nazareth was executed by crucifixion under Roman governor Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, during the period of Roman occupation of Judea. The event is documented in the canonical Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and referenced in some historica...

The Xin dynasty's rule ended after widespread revolts erupted against Wang Mang's government. These uprisings were fueled by famine, flooding, and political unrest that plagued the realm.Rebel forces eventually captured key cities, leading to the collapse o...