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Countries, international organizations and legal bodies commonly call the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem the “Occupied Palestinian Territory” because they are parts of the former British Man...
As of the USNI Fleet and Marine Tracker snapshot on Jan. 5, 2026, none of the U.S. Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were shown operating inside the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility, ...
Multiple media and social posts on 19 December 2025 claim that GRU Major General Andrei (Andrey) Averyanov was killed in a drone strike on a tanker in the Mediterranean, but those reports remain uncon...
Claims that Jews were "largely" or predominantly responsible for the European slave trade from the 14th through 17th centuries do not stand up to careful historical scrutiny: evidence shows Jewish par...
The slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is short, emotionally charged and historically mutable: for some Palestinians it expresses national liberation or a single-state ideal ac...
Evidence from technical descriptions of Roman ships and navigation shows that crossing the Atlantic was not impossible in absolute terms—Roman vessels and seamanship handled open-water voyages in the ...
The promise that a pill can reliably "boost the mind" is not backed by strong evidence: major medical sources say research is limited or inconclusive about from over‑the‑counter -safety-and-efficacy">...
have pursued a two-track campaign — sanctions by financial regulators and criminal investigations by prosecutors — targeting charities and nonprofit networks alleged to funnel donations to and affilia...
Genetic studies show that uniparental markers (Y‑DNA and mtDNA) among peoples linked to the Levant and Europe display contrasting patterns: many Levantine male lineages carry haplogroups associated wi...
The “devil horns” or “sign of the horns” is made by extending the index (pointer) and little (pinky) fingers while holding down the middle and ring fingers — typically with the thumb pressing them — a...
studies show that largely belong to Middle Eastern Y-haplogroups and share substantial overlap with , indicating a common regional paternal pool rather than exclusive recent origins for either group ....
Edgar Cayce portrayed Atlantis as a vast, prehistoric civilization that was technologically advanced and spiritually consequential, destroyed by cataclysms after moral decline . In the 20th century so...
Cold War covert operations that tied U.S. intelligence activity to narcotics trafficking fall into recurring patterns: alliances with anti‑communist proxies who were themselves involved in drug trade,...
Christmas trees as a seasonal practice trace to multiple roots: ancient evergreen rites in Egypt, Rome and northern Europe, medieval “paradise trees” in German-speaking lands, and the modern domestic ...
Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews display : Ashkenazi communities expanded mainly across Central and Eastern Europe from medieval Rhineland origins before large modern emigrations to the Americas in the 19...
is a long mosaic: deep hunter‑gatherer and Neolithic farmer ancestries were overlaid by influxes from the and later historical movements, producing substantial but incomplete continuity with present p...
Sustaining military operations in Greenland’s Arctic environment collides with brutal weather, scant infrastructure, and high strategic stakes that force allies to trade mobility for vulnerability, an...
AI-driven data-center expansion is concentrated in regions already prone to water scarcity—most notably the U.S. West and Southwest (Arizona/Phoenix), parts of the Mediterranean and southern Europe, a...
A growing body of science and reporting identifies hotspots where “Day Zero” — the point when local water demand exceeds supply and taps run perilously low — is already a realistic near-term risk, not...
Thomas Jefferson’s dealings with the Barbary States—diplomatic missions in the 1780s and naval action as president in 1801–05—shaped him to view the North African corsairs as a political and commercia...