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August 21, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Russia strikes Kryvyi Rih

Kryvyi Rih · Dnipropetrovsk Oblast · Ukraine

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 th...

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April 4, 2026 Breaking

French artist seeks war crimes probe on IDF strike

Paris · France

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...

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March 27, 2026 Breaking

FBI arrests man over firebomb plot

New York · United States

Federal authorities arrested 26-year-old Alexander Heifler in March 2026 over an alleged plot to carry out a violent attack against New York-based Palestinian-American activist Nerdeen Ki...

March 8, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Toxic rain falls over Tehran after oil facilities struck

Tehran · Tehran Province · Iran

Toxic rain fell over Tehran on March 8, 2026, after Israeli airstrikes hit major oil storage facilities and fuel depots around the Iranian capital. The strikes, part of ongoing military o...

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White House · Washington · District of Columbia · United States

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March 7, 2026 Politics

Donald Trump Claims Iran Responsible For Bombing Of Iranian Girls School

On February 28, 2026, an airstrike struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in the city of Minab in southern Iran during the opening phase of military hostilities between Ira...

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March 3, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Israel bombs assembly choosing Iran’s next supreme leader.

Tehran · Tehran Province · Iran

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...

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March 3, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Qatar, Saudi Arabia arrest Israeli spies ‘planning bombings’.

Doha · Doha Municipality · Qatar

On March 3, 2026, reports circulated online claiming that authorities in the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had detained individuals alleged to be operatives linked to Isr...

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February 28, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Iranian Girls’ School Strike Amid US‑Israel Military Offensive

Tehran · Tehran Province · Iran

Strike on Girls’ Elementary School in Southern Iran During US‑Israel Military Action On February 28, 2026, during a coordinated series of military strikes on Iran by the United States an...

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February 14, 2026 Breaking

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Ted Kaczynski Historical Mailings Noted in Broader Epstein-Linked Investigations

On May 25, 1993, domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, mailed an explosive device to David Gelemster, a historical act that contributed to his nationwide bombing ...

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February 13, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Cruelty and Hardship for Palestinian Civilians Under Israeli Occupation

Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza have lived under Israeli military occupation for decades, facing severe restrictions on movement, access to healthcare, education, and basi...

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February 10, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Over 25,000 tonnes of explosives dropped on Gaza since October 7

Gaza Strip · Gaza City · Palestine

Over 25,000 tonnes of explosives dropped on Gaza since October 7 Since October 7, 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have conducted air and artillery strikes on the Gaza Str...

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February 6, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Kuwait School Bombed in Northern Gaza, Casualties Reported

Kuwait School · Beit Hanoun · Gaza Strip · Palestine

Kuwait School Bombed in Northern Gaza, Casualties Reported On February 6, 2026, the Kuwait School in northern Gaza was struck by aerial bombing, resulting in multiple fatalities and inju...

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February 4, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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24 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza, medics say

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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 k...

February 3, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Gaza under siege. Destruction of water and civilian infrastructure since 1948

Gaza Strip · Gaza City · Palestine

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February 2, 2026 Breaking

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The Master Timeline

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January 26, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Continued israeli military actions in gaza amid fragile ceasefire

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Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have continued despite a nominal ceasefire agreed in October 2025, with renewed airstrikes and clashes reported. Humanitarian sources indicat...

January 25, 2026 Breaking

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Maine private jet crash linked to Houston law firm with notable litigation history

Maine Turnpike Crash Area · Kennebunk · Maine · United States

On January 25, 2026, a private Bombardier Challenger 600 business jet crashed during takeoff at Bangor International Airport in Maine amid a severe winter storm, killing seven people and ...

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January 25, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Hit Civilian Sites

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Recent Israeli military operations in Gaza have resulted in strikes on a wide range of civilian and non-military sites. Documented target types include mosques, churches, schools, kinderg...

January 18, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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U.S. Military Strike in Syria

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...

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January 15, 2026 Breaking

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Board of Peace for Gaza

Board of Peace for Gaza Date: Ongoing as of January 2026 Description: The Board of Peace is a U.S.-led international body announced by President Donald Trump to oversee governance,...

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January 3, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Palestinian girl killed by Israeli fire in Gaza despite ceasefire

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November 7, 2025 Wars & Conflicts

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Explosive devices disguised as toys

Lebanon

Reports and warnings from humanitarian organizations, demining teams, and local authorities have highlighted the danger posed by explosive devices and unexploded ordnance found in conflic...

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June 24, 2025 Wars & Conflicts

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Israel military offensive in gaza kills dozens including aid seekers

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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 ...

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May 14, 2025 Politics

Staged Hoax with Jewish Targets List

Fake Explosives Plot Near Sydney: Staged Hoax with Jewish Targets List (Australia, 2025) In May 2025, New South Wales Police discovered an abandoned trailer in a rural area nea...

November 30, 2024 Wars & Conflicts

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Palestinian killed by smoke canister in Beit Lahia

Beit Lahia · Gaza Strip · Palestine

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 sm...

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September 17, 2024 Wars & Conflicts

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Coordinated pager explosions in Lebanon attributed to Israeli intelligence

Beirut · Beirut Governorate · Lebanon

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 Hezbo...

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February 20, 2024 Wars & Conflicts

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Doctors Allege Children Shot During Gaza Fighting as Israeli Military Rejects Claims

Gaza City Hospitals Area · Gaza City · Gaza Strip · Palestine

Doctors Allege Children Shot During Gaza Fighting as Israeli Military Rejects Claims Medical professionals working in Gaza said they have treated children with gunshot wounds t...

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January 26, 2024 Wars & Conflicts

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Palestinian Holocaust

Palestinian Holocaust The term “Palestinian Holocaust” has been used by activists and commentators to describe the cumulative impact of displacement, warfare, and territorial loss experi...

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November 29, 2023 Politics

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Kissinger Record Draws War Policy Criticism

Henry Kissinger, former United States secretary of state and national security adviser, played a central role in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War and other Cold War conf...

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June 14, 2023 Wars & Conflicts

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Zionist Involvement in Iraqi Bombings

Baghdad · Iraq

In Three Worlds, Shlaim states that he has uncovered what he describes as “undeniable proof of Zionist involvement” in the bombings of Jewish targets in Baghdad between 1950 and 1951. He...

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July 22, 2011 Wars & Conflicts

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NATO and Libya's water system

Brega · Libya

On 22 July 2011, during the Libyan Civil War, NATO aircraft struck a facility in Brega that manufactured large-diameter pipes used in Libya's Great Man-Made River water system. The facili...

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January 21, 2009 Breaking

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Bishop Richard Williamson controversy

Regensburg · Bavaria · Germany

Richard Williamson was a British traditionalist Catholic bishop who became widely known for his involvement in controversies related to the Catholic Church and his public statements about...

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July 30, 2006 Wars & Conflicts

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Qana Airstrike Causes Civilian Deaths

Qana · Lebanon

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 ...

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May 20, 1988 Wars & Conflicts

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The Isaaq Genocide Overview

Hargeisa · Woqooyi Galbeed · Somaliland

The Isaaq genocide refers to systematic killings and targeted repression of the Isaaq clan in northern Somalia during the late 1980s.This campaign was primarily conducted by the Somali go...

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October 1, 1955 Wars & Conflicts

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Vietnam War

Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) · Ho Chi Minh City · Ho Chi Minh Municipality · Vietnam

The Vietnam War was a prolonged armed conflict fought primarily between North Vietnam, led by the Communist Party under Ho Chi Minh, and South Vietnam, supported by the United States and ...

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December 7, 1954 Wars & Conflicts

The Lavon Affair

Cairo · Cairo Governorate · Egypt

What it was The Lavon Affair, also known as Operation Susannah, was a failed Israeli covert operation in Egypt in 1954, carried out by Israeli military intelligence. ...

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June 19, 1953 Wars & Conflicts

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage

Sing Sing Prison · Ossining · New York · United States

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...

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July 22, 1946 Wars & Conflicts

Bombing of King David Hotel.

King David Hotel · Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel

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 ou...

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May 10, 1945 Wars & Conflicts

Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War II and Its Impact on Civilians and Infrastructure

Berlin · Germany

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 targ...

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Auschwitz-Birkenau · Oświęcim · Lesser Poland Voivodeship · Poland

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May 1, 1945 Breaking

Typhus and Mortality in Nazi Concentration Camps

Typhus and Mortality in Nazi Concentration Camps Historical records from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Nazi documentation, and post-war investigations co...

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Jerusalem · Jerusalem District · Israel / Palestine

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July 1, 1939 Politics

JFK Description of 13 Bombs Exploding in Jerusalem

JFK: The Letter Mentions That 13 Bombs Went Off in Jerusalem on His Last Night There, Which He Attributed to Jewish Terrorists (Likely the Irgun Militia) Attempting to Damage Utility Line...

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January 1, 1600 Wars & Conflicts

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Barbary Pirates Kidnap Europeans For Slavery In North Africa And Ottoman Territories

European Captives Sold Into Slavery By Barbary Pirates From the 16th to the 19th centuries, Barbary pirates operating from North Africa — including present-day Morocco, Algeria, ...

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Germany Refines Infiltration Tactics

1917–1918 — German forces develop increasingly sophisticated methods based on short intense bombardments, assault detachments and infiltration around strongpoints. The tactics contribute ...

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Weapons and Assistance Reach the Sarajevo Conspirators

May–June 1914 — Members of the assassination conspiracy obtain pistols, bombs and assistance through contacts associated with Serbian nationalist and military-intelligence circles. The ev...

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Allies Target German Oil Production

12 May 1944 — American bombers begin a major concentrated campaign against German synthetic fuel plants and oil infrastructure. Germany relies heavily on synthetic fuel because access to ...

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American Submarines Strangle Japanese Shipping

1 January 1944 — By 1944 American submarines are destroying Japanese merchant shipping at a rate Japan cannot replace. Oil, food, raw materials and military supplies become increasingly d...

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Appeasement Reaches Its High Point at Munich

30 September 1938 — Chamberlain and Daladier accept German acquisition of the Sudetenland in the hope of preserving peace. Their decisions reflect memories of World War I, uncertainty abo...

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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

6 August 1945 — An American B-29 drops the uranium bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima. The explosion and fire destroy much of the city and kill tens of thousands of people immediately, with man...

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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki

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 on the same day Sovi...

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Battle of Stalingrad Begins

23 August 1942 — German forces begin the major assault phase against Stalingrad after intensive Luftwaffe bombing. The city's industrial and symbolic importance combines with its strategi...

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Bombing of Guernica

26 April 1937 — German Condor Legion aircraft and Italian forces attack the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The raid kills civilians and destroys large sections of t...

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Condor Legion Fights in Spain

29 July 1936 — Germany begins sending military aircraft and personnel to assist Franco's forces in Spain. The Condor Legion later conducts bombing operations, including the destruction of...

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Harry S. Truman

U.S. president after Roosevelt's death. Truman inherited the Manhattan Project and authorized the wartime use of atomic bombs against Japan.

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Henry L. Stimson

31 May 1945 — Secretary of War Henry Stimson chairs the first major meeting of the Interim Committee considering policy surrounding the atomic bomb. Stimson becomes one of the most import...

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Hirohito Announces Japan's Surrender

15 August 1945 — Emperor Hirohito's recorded voice is broadcast to the Japanese population announcing acceptance of Allied surrender terms. The decision follows intense disagreement withi...

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Luftwaffe Bombs Stalingrad

23 August 1942 — German aircraft conduct devastating attacks on Stalingrad as ground forces approach. Large areas are destroyed and many civilians are killed. The bombing creates ruins th...

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Siege of Leningrad Begins

8 September 1941 — German and Finnish advances isolate Leningrad from most overland supply routes. Hitler chooses not to storm the city immediately and instead expects starvation and bomb...

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Siege of Leningrad Is Fully Lifted

27 January 1944 — Soviet offensives drive German forces far enough from Leningrad to end the siege. The city has endured nearly nine hundred days of blockade, bombardment, starvation and ...

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Soviet Union Enters the War Against Japan

9 August 1945 — Soviet forces launch a massive offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. The attack follows Soviet commitments made to the Western Allies and destroys Jap...

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Was Appeasement a Mistake?

30 September 1938 — Munich becomes the defining symbol of appeasement, but policymakers in 1938 face memories of World War I, doubts about military readiness, fear of strategic bombing an...

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Why Did Nazi Germany Lose?

22 June 1944 — Operation Bagration provides a useful late-war anchor for investigating Germany's defeat. Trace the invasion of the Soviet Union, American entry, the Atlantic supply system...