Fugitive Rabbi Horowitz Arrest India
Alan Horowitz, an Orthodox rabbi and convicted sex offender from the United States, was arrested in May 2007 in Mahabalipuram, India, after being located by internatio...
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Alan Horowitz, an Orthodox rabbi and convicted sex offender from the United States, was arrested in May 2007 in Mahabalipuram, India, after being located by internatio...
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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 str...
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Operation Bid Rig was a federal investigation into public corruption and related criminal activity in New Jersey conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the ...
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Media coverage and public recognition of serial homicide have been examined by criminologists and researchers studying race, victim demographics, offender characterist...
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On February 4, 2004, the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) canceled its LifeLog research program, which had been launched in 2003. The pr...
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Background and Decision-Makers On March 20, 2003, the United States, the United Kingdom, and coalition allies launched a military invasion of Iraq. The primary jus...
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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 hijac...
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September 11 Attacks 2001 September 11 Attacks 2001 On September 11, 2001, nineteen militants associated with the Islamist extremist group al Qaeda hij...
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Netanyahu Comments On United States Influence In 2001 Recording In mid-2001, Benjamin Netanyahu was recorded speaking with a group of Israeli settlers in th...
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Palestinian children are regularly arrested and detained by Israeli authorities, primarily for security-related offenses, but there is no separate prison exclusively f...
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On November 13, 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton reached an out-of-court settlement in a civil sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones. Paula Jones, a forme...
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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 civilian...
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Christine Maxwell Co‑Founded Chiliad, Software Used in FBI Counterterrorism Data Warehouse Christine Yvonne Malina‑Maxwell was born on August 16, 1950, in Maisons‑Laf...
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Srebrenica Genocide On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces captured the town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, a United Nations-declared “safe area.” The town was predo...
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Bosnian Genocide On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces captured the town of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia during the Bosnian War. The town had been declared a United N...
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On July 23, 1994, President Bill Clinton visited Jerusalem, Israel, during an official presidential trip. As part of his visit, he went to the Western Wall, also known...
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Robert Maxwell and Mirror Group sue Seymour Hersh for libel In October 1991, media proprietor Robert Maxwell and his company Mirror Group Newspapers i...
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On July 27, 1986, Vice President George H. W. Bush visited Jerusalem, Israel, during an official trip to the Middle East. During the visit, Bush went to the Western Wa...
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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 governmen...
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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 ...
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East Timor Genocide On December 7, 1975, Indonesia launched a military invasion of East Timor following its declaration of independence from Portugal. The Indonesian ...
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UN Resolution 3379 On Zionism And Racism On November 10, 1975, the United Nations General Assembly adopted **Resolution 3379**, titled "Elimination of All F...
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The Watergate Affair: Timeline, Operatives, And Unresolved Questions On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at...
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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 thous...
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2014–2026 — Egypt remains the most populous country in the Arab world and one of the principal political centers of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Cairo do...
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Untitled1990s–present — The collapse of communist controls produces large migration flows toward Italy, Greece, Germany, the United States and elsewhere. Emigration be...
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38th president of the United States. Ford succeeded Nixon in 1974 and subsequently approved a National Security Decision Memorandum concerning population policy.
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1970–1981 — Anwar Sadat succeeds Nasser and gradually redirects Egyptian foreign and economic policy. He reduces Soviet influence, encourages economic liberalization a...
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1958–1961 — Egypt and Syria unite as the United Arab Republic under Nasser. The union represents the high point of pan-Arab political enthusiasm. Syrian dissatisfactio...
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26 July–7 November 1956 — Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal Company after Western governments withdraw support for the Aswan High Dam. Britain, France and Israel secr...
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Henry Kissinger served as director of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Special Studies Project during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The project examined major problems ...
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6 April 1917–11 November 1918 — The United States begins converting its enormous economy and population into military power. Millions of men enter the draft system whi...
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1914–1917 Allied purchasing and finance role — J.P. Morgan & Co. becomes a major financial and purchasing intermediary for Britain and France in the United States duri...
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22 December 1941 — Roosevelt and Churchill begin the Arcadia Conference in Washington shortly after American entry into the war. Despite Pearl Harbor, the United State...
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16 January 1942 — Roosevelt creates the War Production Board to coordinate conversion of the American economy to wartime needs. Automobile plants, steel mills, aircraf...
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14 August 1941 — Roosevelt and Churchill issue a statement of broad principles for the postwar world, including territorial restraint, economic cooperation and forms o...
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9 August 1945 — The United States drops the plutonium bomb Fat Man on Nagasaki. Tens of thousands are killed immediately or in the following months. The attack occurs ...
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4 June 1942 — American carrier forces intercept a Japanese operation aimed at Midway Atoll. U.S. cryptanalytic intelligence allows Admiral Chester Nimitz to position c...
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2 September 1945 — The defeat of Germany and Japan leaves the United States and Soviet Union as the dominant military powers. Soviet control across Eastern Europe, Ame...
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Gerald Ford became President of the United States following Richard Nixon's resignation. Kissinger continued as Secretary of State and national security adviser during...
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11 December 1941 — Hitler declares war on the United States despite Germany not being automatically required by the Tripartite Pact to do so after Japan's attack. The ...
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1 February 1917 — Germany begins unrestricted submarine attacks against shipping approaching Allied-controlled waters. German naval leaders believe U-boats can reduce ...
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1940–1944 senior Japanese leadership — General Hideki Tojo becomes Japanese prime minister in October 1941 as negotiations with the United States approach collapse. He...
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7 December 1941 — Japanese carrier aircraft strike the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japan seeks to cripple American naval power long enough to seize t...
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2 September 1945 — Japanese representatives sign the Instrument of Surrender aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The ceremony formally ends the Second World War. Germany...
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27 August 1928 — Germany, France, the United States and other states sign a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. The pact reflects genuine public...
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In 1956, Henry Kissinger was selected to direct the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Special Studies Project. The project examined major problems and opportunities facing the...
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Henry Kissinger participated in a World Economic Forum Annual Meeting session in January 2017 concerning the international order and the role of the United States. Kla...
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