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Ghadames Removed from UNESCO World Heritage Danger List — “The Pearl of the Desert” Restored
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Ghadames Removed from UNESCO World Heritage Danger List — “The Pearl of the Desert” Restored

July 21, 2025August 1, 2025

The Old Town of Ghadamès, one of the oldest pre-Islamic cities in North Africa, is known affectionately as “the…

Backpacking in Asia, Africa? Think Twice Before Bringing This Key Item
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Backpacking in Asia, Africa? Think Twice Before Bringing This Key Item

March 28, 2024March 29, 2024

This article contains affiliate links. Whether you sprain an ankle high in the Hindu Kush, break an axle in…

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How Does The War On Terror Stack Up To Some Of History’s Most Infamous Genocides?

June 30, 2019

PICTURED: The eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day 2014. Photo credit…


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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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