Illinois votes on a new state flag design -- and chooses the current one
“Some may call it an SOB and the vexillogical community (flag experts) may hate it, but people overwhelmingly prefer our ...
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Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says
BAGHDAD — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi ...
Syria's Four Wars Explained 14 Years On
Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.
Veteran Flies US Flag Upside Down After Losing VA Job
Retired Sergeant First Class Joy Marver, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a rocket attack in Iraq, was laid off ...
Kuwait frees a group of jailed Americans, including contractors held on drug charges
Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on ...
Victoria Cross awarded to 'Pirate of Basra' WWI secret agent who was 'murdered' by Turkish troops in Iraq sells for £200,000
Lieutenant-Commander Charles Henry Cowley took part in a suicidal mission to reinforce the besieged Kut garrison in ...
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Is This the Beginning or the End of a New Cold War?
When European Union leaders met in Brussels on February 6th to discuss the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron ...
The battle over the Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial was finally opened in 1941, in the midst of another global conflict. Over the decades, as the ...
Druze seek a place in a changing Syria, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...
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NASCAR’s new partnership welcomes Gold Star Families, honors the loved ones lost: ‘Their lives count’
NASCAR launched its 2025 season by hosting two Gold Star families at the United Rentals 300 and 67th DAYTONA 500 in Florida on Feb. 15 and 16 in commemoration of its official IMPACT partnership with H ...