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February 3, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Israeli Military Strikes Continue in Gaza Despite Ceasefire Agreements

Gaza City · Gaza Strip · Palestine

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 m...

2026 airstrikes border casualties ceasefire conflict

January 21, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Israeli forces kill civilians and journalists in gaza despite ceasefire

Gaza City · Gaza Strip · Palestine

Israeli military actions in Gaza on January 21, 2026, killed at least 11 Palestinians including two 13‑year‑old boys and three journalists, according to Gaza health authorities and local ...

airstrike artillery attacks breaking ceasefire children

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...

authority benedict bishop bishopric catholic christianity

February 23, 1988 Wars & Conflicts

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Anfal Genocide

Halabja · Halabja Governorate · Iraq

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 campai...

1988 almajid anfal camps chemical civilians

September 16, 1982 Wars & Conflicts

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Sabra and Shatila Massacre Overview

Sabra and Shatila · Beirut · Beirut Governorate · Lebanon

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 o...

1982 arab-israeli conflict beirut human rights idf israel

April 17, 1975 Wars & Conflicts

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Cambodian Genocide

Phnom Penh · Cambodia

Cambodian Genocide On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh and established control over Cambodia, initiating a regime of social and political transformation. The regime, led...

1975 1979 agrariansocialism authoritarian cambodia cham

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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Washington · District of Columbia · United States

09

July 28, 1932 Politics

Bonus army removed from Washington

Bonus army removed from Washington In the spring and summer of 1932, approximately 17,000 to 25,000 World War I veterans, along with their families and supporters, assembled in Washingto...

1932 anacostia army bernard bonus capitol

January 12, 1904 Wars & Conflicts

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Herero and Nama Genocide

Windhoek · Khomas · Namibia

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 Nam...

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Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

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Heinrich Himmler

17 June 1936 — Himmler becomes Chief of German Police in addition to leading the SS, giving him extraordinary authority over policing, surveillance and racial policy. During the war the S...

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

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Heinrich Himmler

17 June 1936 — Himmler becomes Chief of German Police in addition to leading the SS, giving him extraordinary authority over policing, surveillance and racial policy. During the war the S...

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

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Kristallnacht

9 November 1938 — Nazi-organized violence erupts against Jews throughout Germany and Austria. Synagogues are burned, businesses destroyed, people murdered and tens of thousands of Jewish ...

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

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SS

1933–1945 — Heinrich Himmler's SS develops from a Nazi Party formation into an enormous system involving policing, intelligence, racial policy, concentration camps, settlement programs an...

Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

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SS

1933–1945 — Heinrich Himmler's SS develops from a Nazi Party formation into an enormous system involving policing, intelligence, racial policy, concentration camps, settlement programs an...