Political Affairs

English: The Space Shuttle Atlantis atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) returns to the Kennedy Space Center after a ten month refurbishment. The Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV‑104) was a Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space...

These days mark the 10th anniversary of Rajab Tayib Ardogan becoming Turkey's prime minister, the longest period for a politician to occupy this post in Turkey's history, and many recognize the central role of Ardoğan's reformist stance in the country's...

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk), commonly called North Korea ( listen ), is a country in East Asia, in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital is Pyongyang, the...

According to media reports, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to approve a landmark treaty that tries to regulate the weapons trade. The true reality is that the illegal weapons trade has become a big threat for world security and...

A boy is checked for signs of malnutrition in the local hospital, Masi Manimba, DRC (Photo credit: DFID - UK Department for International Development) In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what...

Atlantic Conveyor hit by 2 Exocet missiles 25 May 1982 during Falklands War. (Photo credit: Scouse Hobbit) The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas or Guerra del Atlántico Sur), also known as the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was a...

Battle of Hamo Village During the Tet Offensive. US Marines and ARVN troops defend a position against enemy attack. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968 by forces...

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances; [fn 1] née Spencer ; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981. [2] She was also well known for her fund-raising work for international charities...

Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. Classified as the eighteenth named storm, tenth hurricane and second major...

English: Dr. Martin Cooper, the inventor of the cell phone, with DynaTAC prototype from 1973 (in the year 2007). Deutsch: Martin Cooper mit einem etwas größeren DynaTAC-Prototypen von 1973 (im Jahr 2007) 中文(繁體)â ¬: 馬汀庫柏博士，全世界第一隻商用手機的發明人。 (Photo credit:...