CNN — Here’s a look at the International Atomic Energy Agency and nuclear power. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspects nuclear and related facilities under safeguard agreements.…
Read more Nuclear Power/IAEA Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at some US citizens who have been convicted of spying against the United States. 1962 – Aldrich Ames, son of a CIA…
Read more Notable US Spies Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at genocide, the attempted or intentional destruction of a national, racial, religious or ethnic group, whether in wartime or peace. The Convention on…
Read more Genocide Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. The riots stemmed from the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the…
Read more Los Angeles Riots Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make…
Read more Vietnam War Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq,…
Read more Kurdish People Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at ongoing civil war in Syria. Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria as president since July 2000. His father, Hafez al-Assad, ruled Syria from…
Read more Syrian Civil War Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and the history of its weapons program. North Korea signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The International…
Read more North Korea Nuclear Timeline Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic…
Read more Taliban Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the 2008 military conflict between Russia and Georgia. The conflict centered on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two “breakaway provinces” in Georgia. They…
Read more 2008 Georgia Russia Conflict Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The organization’s charter states that the signing parties will “seek to promote…
Read more NATO Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Birth date: March 17, 1945 Birth place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Birth…
Read more Michael Hayden Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing Americans, see Robert Levinson Fast Facts or POW/MIA in…
Read more Detained Americans Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the Arab League, an organization of Middle Eastern and African countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Ahmed Aboul Gheit of Egypt…
Read more Arab League Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s some background information about the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal which took place during the Iraq war. Abu Ghraib prison was a US Army detention…
Read more Iraq Prison Abuse Scandal Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here is a look at the life of Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army, sentenced to life in prison for genocide and other…
Read more Ratko Mladic Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the March 2004 bombings of commuter trains in Spain, which killed 193 people and injured more than 1,800. The bombings are the…
Read more Spain Train Bombings Fast Facts | CNNThis satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows Egypt building a miles-wide buffer zone, and border wall, along its border with Gaza. Maxar Technologies Egypt is building a miles-wide buffer…
Read more February 16, 2024 Israel-Hamas war | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Birth date: 1935 Birth place: Safed, Palestine Marriage: Amina Abbas Children: Three sons Mazen (died…
Read more Mahmoud Abbas Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of Sudan’s former leader, Omar al-Bashir. Birth date: January 1, 1944 Birth place: Hosh Bannaga, Sudan Birth name: Omar Hassan…
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