The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in ...

Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of ...

A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as security forces ...

T he McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was a successful 20th-century family of narrowbody twinjets, with almost 1,200 units produced ...

Dibrugarh: The stage is set for the Republic Day celebrations in Dibrugarh, marking a historic moment as chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will unfurl the national flag for the first time in ...

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh governor KT Parnaik launched the inaugural Geykar Sinyi Marathon from Raj Bhavan on Friday. The event covered a distance of 14 km, concluding at the renowned Geykar ...

Can one flag really change public opinion? It all depends on the strength of the message. From 1920 to 1938, the NAACP flew a banner outside its New York City office with the words, “A Man Was ...

The flags were first distributed at a ceremony by Gold Coast City Council in September, but have been scrapped with Opposition Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price ...

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a stance later cemented as official policy through an executive order. The order outlines that, aside from the stars and stripes, the only flags which are permitted to fly are the Prisoner of War ...

WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...