Join us today as we celebrate all heroes

Families of the Missing Published by Jane Durgom Powers · November 21 at 9:38 AM ·  Today, we thank those who run towards danger and chaos to help others every day, just as they…

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Violence against women

UN Women  November 20 ·    Violence against women is NOT inevitable. Everybody has a role to play to prevent it from happening.Get your facts: http://unwo.men/BPJR30gtlfX#16days #orangetheworld #HearMeToo

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Read more about the article It’s a Crisis of Civilization in Mexico
© Yael Martinez V.A makeshift altar dedicated to Zumiko, who disappeared nearly three years ago.

It’s a Crisis of Civilization in Mexico

  'It's a Crisis of Civilization in Mexico.' 250,000 Dead. 37,400 Missing. by José de Córdoba   11/18/2018 EL FUERTE, Mexico—One recent day, a line of grieving mothers armed with picks and…

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Read more about the article An empty foxhole…mystery
© N/A/Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Army Pvt. John B. Cummings, who was killed during World War II and who was listed as unrecoverable, was buried with honors beside his parents after his remains were found and identified this year. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)

An empty foxhole…mystery

An empty foxhole, an anonymous grave, and a World War II mystery solved after 74 years Jack Cummings posed on the lawn in his uniform, hands clasped behind his back,…

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Read more about the article Ex-IS captive recalls captivity
© The Associated Press In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, women and children who were rescued from the Islamic State group in the Hamima area east of the historic town of Palmyra, after they arrived to the southern province of Sweida, Syria, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Islamic State group militants shot and killed two children during an operation to liberate a group of hostages from southern Syria that were being held by the extremist group since July, a father and activists said Friday. (SANA via AP)

Ex-IS captive recalls captivity

DAMASCUS, Syria — A Syrian woman liberated from captivity said Friday that Islamic State militants held her and more than two other dozen women and children in different hideouts for…

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IS left 200 mass graves in Iraq – UN

More than 200 mass graves containing thousands of bodies have been found in areas of Iraq that were once controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group, a UN investigation has…

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Read more about the article UN ‘stands ready’ to support Haiti after earthquake
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres.

UN ‘stands ready’ to support Haiti after earthquake

  In the wake of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck north-west Haiti overnight, Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday extended condolence to the island nations’ people and Government, and said the United…

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2016 International Women’s Day

March 8, 2016 is International Women’s Day. The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. The United Nations will hold…

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