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August 18, 2026 Breaking

Ben-Gvir unveils execution facility

Israel

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...

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March 30, 2026 Politics

Israel Passes Law Allowing Death Penalty

Tel Aviv · Israel

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 l...

March 25, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Report Examines Lack of Settler Prosecutions

Gaza · Palestine

An analysis published on March 25, 2026, reported that no Israeli citizens have been prosecuted for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank since 2020. The findings were b...

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February 24, 2026 Breaking

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Incidents and Historical Context of Christians and Christian Sites in Israel and the Palestinian Territories

There have been multiple reported incidents involving Christians and Christian holy places in Israel and the Palestinian territories, including isolated acts of harassment as well as hist...

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February 23, 2026 Breaking

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DeCarlos Brown Jr. Released Before Murder of Iryna Zarutska

Columbus · Ohio · United States

DeCarlos Brown Jr. Released Before Murder of Iryna Zarutska DeCarlos Brown Jr., a 27-year-old man with a criminal record including 14 prior offenses, was released from prison in February...

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February 19, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Palestinian-american teenager murdered by israeli settlers in west bank

West Bank · Ramallah · Palestine

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...

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February 10, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Israeli military drones strike bicyclists in Gaza killing two Palestinians

Gaza Strip · Gaza City · Palestine

Israeli military drones strike bicyclists in Gaza killing two Palestinians On February 10, 2026, two Palestinian men riding bicycles in eastern Deir al‑Balah in the Gaza Strip ...

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February 5, 2026 Breaking

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Massacre in Nigerian Kwara State After Militant Attack

Abuja · Federal Capital Territory · Nigeria

Massacre in Nigerian Kwara State After Militant Attack On February 5, 2026, Nigerian authorities and humanitarian organisations reported that at least 162 people were killed in...

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February 4, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Deadly pager explosion rocks Beirut, Lebanon

Beirut · Beirut Governorate · Lebanon

Deadly pager explosion rocks Beirut, Lebanon On February 4, 2026, a large explosion involving a pager device occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least 27 people, including ...

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January 28, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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UN reports Odessa drone attack kills civilians and disrupts vital infrastructure

Odesa · Odesa Oblast · Ukraine

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 an...

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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 16, 2026 Wars & Conflicts

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Palestinian child shot dead by israeli troops in occupied west bank

Jenin · Jenin Governorate · Palestine

A Palestinian child was shot dead by Israeli military personnel in the occupied West Bank on January 16, 2026, according to rights groups and local health officials. The incident occurred...

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September 15, 2025 Wars & Conflicts

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Qismah Ali Omar. Abduction and death in Darfur

Darfur · El Fasher · North Darfur · Sudan

Qismah Ali Omar. Abduction and death in Darfur Qismah Ali Omar, a 22-year-old Sudanese tea seller, was reported missing in Zalingei, Central Darfur, in early September 2025. Witnesses in...

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December 9, 2024 Breaking

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Luigi mangione charged with murder of unitedhealthcare ceo

UnitedHealth Group Headquarters · Minnetonka · Minnesota · United States

On December 9, 2024, Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot outside a Manhatta...

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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 29, 2024 Wars & Conflicts

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Disappearance and Killing of the Ambulance Crew Sent to Rescue Hind Rajab

Al-Shati Refugee Camp · Gaza City · Gaza Strip · Palestine

On January 29, 2024, following the emergency call involving Hind Rajab, the Palestine Red Crescent Society dispatched an ambulance crew consisting of two paramedics to her last known loca...

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January 29, 2024 Wars & Conflicts

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Killing of Five-Year-Old Hind Rajab in Gaza

Al-Shati Refugee Camp · Gaza City · Gaza Strip · Palestine

On January 29, 2024, five-year-old Hind Rajab was trapped inside a civilian vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City after Israeli tank fire struck the car, killing six member...

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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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June 14, 2023 Wars & Conflicts

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Criticism Follows Israeli Military Probe Into Death of Palestinian Toddler

Jenin Area · Jenin · West Bank · Palestine

Criticism Follows Israeli Military Probe Into Death of Palestinian Toddler Anger and criticism were expressed by Palestinian officials and human rights organisations following ...

2023 accountability child civilians criticism fatal

October 16, 2020 Breaking

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Paty case false claim

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine · France

A French schoolgirl later admitted that she had falsely claimed that her teacher, Samuel Paty, was Islamophobic. She said she had not been present in the classroom during the lesson in qu...

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George Floyd Square · Minneapolis · Minnesota · United States

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May 25, 2020 Breaking

George Floyd: Death in Police Custody, Legal Outcomes, and Global Impact

George Floyd was a 46-year-old Black American man who died on May 25, 2020, during an arrest by Minneapolis police officers after a store clerk reported that he may have used a counterfei...

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Gaza Border Protest Area · Gaza City · Gaza Strip · Palestine

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April 6, 2018 Breaking

Killing of Yaser Murtaja, Palestinian Journalist

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-Isr...

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August 25, 2017 Wars & Conflicts

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Rohingya Genocide

Rakhine State · Sittwe · Myanmar

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 ...

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February 12, 2010 Wars & Conflicts

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Night Raid in Khataba: Civilian Killings During U.S. Operation in Afghanistan

Khataba Village · Jalalabad · Nangarhar Province · Afghanistan

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 linke...

2010 accountability afghanistan casualties civilians conflict

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January 1, 2005 Breaking

Samuel Little and media visibility

United States

Media coverage and public recognition of serial homicide have been examined by criminologists and researchers studying race, victim demographics, offender characteristics, and news report...

February 26, 2003 Wars & Conflicts

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Darfur Genocide

Darfur · El Fasher · North Darfur · Sudan

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 installati...

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July 11, 1995 Wars & Conflicts

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Srebrenica Genocide

Srebrenica · Republika Srpska · Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 predominantly inhabited b...

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July 11, 1995 Wars & Conflicts

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Bosnian Genocide

Sarajevo · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 Nations “safe area” f...

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April 7, 1994 Wars & Conflicts

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Rwandan Genocide

Kigali · Kigali Province · Rwanda

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 ...

1994 centralafrica churches civilians civilwar displacement

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...

1988 aerial bombardment civil war clan displacement ethnic cleansing

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...

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Atlanta · Georgia · United States

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July 21, 1979 Breaking

Wayne Williams Atlanta murders

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. Be...

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December 7, 1975 Wars & Conflicts

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East Timor Genocide

Dili · Dili Municipality · East Timor

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 s...

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October 20, 1973 Breaking

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Zebra murders investigation

San Francisco · California · United States

The Zebra murders were a series of killings and shootings committed in San Francisco between October 1973 and April 1974. The attacks resulted in 14 deaths and seven or eight nonfatal inj...

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April 29, 1972 Wars & Conflicts

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Overview of 1972 Burundi Genocide

Bujumbura · Bujumbura Mairie · Burundi

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 upr...

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March 25, 1971 Wars & Conflicts

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Bangladesh Genocide

Dhaka · Dhaka Division · Bangladesh

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, s...

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December 15, 1969 Breaking

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Attribution History of Golda Meir Quote on Children and Conflict

Attribution History of Golda Meir Quote on Children and Conflict Golda Meir served as Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. A statement widely attributed to her reads: “W...

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March 16, 1968 Wars & Conflicts

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My Lai Massacre

My Lai · Sơn Mỹ · Quảng Ngãi · Vietnam

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 t...

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June 10, 1967 Wars & Conflicts

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Escalation of Israeli Settler Violence in the Occupied West Bank

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...

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May 30, 1967 Wars & Conflicts

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Historical Overview of Biafran Mass Killings

Enugu · Enugu State · Nigeria

The Biafran mass killings occurred during the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted from 1967 to 1970. Following the secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria and the declaration of t...

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November 8, 1965 Breaking

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Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen interviewed Jack Ruby before mysterious death

Dallas · Texas · United States

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 investigati...

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Tantura Beach · Dor · Haifa District · Israel

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May 22, 1948 Breaking

There's a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess

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 Brig...

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Reynolds · Georgia · United States

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June 7, 1940 Breaking

Samuel Little murder investigation

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 ...

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October 2, 1937 Wars & Conflicts

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Haitian Parsley Massacre Overview

Dajabón · Dajabón Province · Dominican Republic

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 ...

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August 7, 1933 Wars & Conflicts

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Simele Massacre

Simele · Dohuk Governorate · Iraq

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 f...

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June 13, 1920 Breaking

Avni Rustemi assassination Essad Pasha Toptani

Paris · France

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 ...

July 17, 1918 Wars & Conflicts

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Murder of the Romanovs

Ipatiev House · Yekaterinburg · Sverdlovsk Oblast · Russia

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 ...

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April 24, 1915 Wars & Conflicts

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Armenian Genocide

Yerevan · Yerevan Province · Armenia

Armenian Genocide On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested hundreds of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. The arrests marked the beginning of a coordi...

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January 1, 1915 Wars & Conflicts

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Assyrian Genocide

Hakkari · Hakkari Province · Turkey

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 mino...

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August 21, 1895 Breaking

Alexander Orlov's crimes in Spain

Bobruisk · Belarus

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 Le...

June 13, 1865 Wars & Conflicts

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California Native American Genocide History

Sacramento · California · United States

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...

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November 15, 1836 Wars & Conflicts

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Historical Overview of Khoisan Genocide

Cape Town · Western Cape · South Africa

The Khoisan genocide refers to the systematic killings and displacement of the indigenous Khoisan peoples of Southern Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries. This genocide was primaril...

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March 1, 1793 Wars & Conflicts

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Overview of the Vendée Massacres

Vendée · La Roche-sur-Yon · Pays de la Loire · France

The Vendée Massacres occurred during the War in the Vendée, a counter-revolutionary uprising in western France from 1793 to 1796. The conflict was marked by violent clashes between Royali...

1793 anti-clerical atrocities casualties civilwar conflict

July 15, 1757 Wars & Conflicts

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Dzungar Genocide Historical Overview

Dzungaria · Urumqi · Xinjiang · China

The Dzungar Genocide refers to the systematic destruction of the Dzungar people by the Qing dynasty during the mid-18th century.Between 1755 and 1758, the Qing government, led by the Qian...

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July 22, 1209 Wars & Conflicts

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Massacres During Albigensian Crusade

Béziers · Occitanie · France

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 Inn...

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November 25, 523 Wars & Conflicts

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Najran Massacre

Najran · Najran Province · Saudi Arabia

Najran Massacre 523 AD In 523 AD, the Himyarite king Yusuf Asar Dhu Nuwas, a Jewish ruler of the Himyarite Kingdom in present day Yemen, targeted the Christian population of Najr...

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April 8, 217 Wars & Conflicts

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Imperial Murder of Roman Emperor

Near Inchtimedium military camp · Inchtimedium · Moesia · Roman Empire

Caracalla, Roman Emperor and son of Septimius Severus, was assassinated amid a military campaign in Moesia. While traveling through the province, he was murdered by a soldier in his own g...

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December 26, 211 Politics

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Assassination of Roman Emperor Geta

Alexandria · Egypt · Roman Empire

Geta, co-emperor of the Roman Empire alongside his brother Caracalla, was assassinated in Alexandria under political tension and rivalry. The murder occurred shortly after Caracalla conso...

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Auschwitz Is Liberated

27 January 1945 — Soviet troops enter the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex. They find thousands of surviving prisoners whom the SS had been unable to evacuate, as well as...

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Einsatzgruppen Follow the German Advance

22 June 1941 — SS and police killing units move behind German armies. Their operations rapidly expand from targeting Soviet officials toward systematic mass murder of Jewish communities. ...

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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...

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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...

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How Did Persecution Become Genocide?

20 January 1942 — Wannsee provides a powerful investigative anchor, but the process begins earlier. Follow antisemitic legislation, ghettos, deportations, invasion of the Soviet Union, ma...

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Night of the Long Knives

30 June 1934 — Hitler orders the killing of SA leaders and other perceived political enemies. Ernst Röhm and numerous others are murdered without trial. The purge reassures conservative m...

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Untitled

Untitled17 March 1942 — Mass deportations associated with Operation Reinhard begin feeding the extermination center at Bełżec. Similar systems soon operate through Sobibór and Treblinka. ...

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Wannsee Conference

20 January 1942 — Senior Nazi officials meet near Berlin to coordinate bureaucratic implementation of the so-called Final Solution of the Jewish Question. Mass killing is already underway...

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Why Was the Eastern Front a War of Annihilation?

29 September 1941 — Use Babi Yar as an investigative anchor to trace ideological planning, SS killing units, occupation policy, prisoner treatment, starvation, racial hierarchy and the pa...