5 countries before and after they fell to authoritarian rule
Regimes rise and fall. The Roman Empire lies in ruins and most of the former European colonies have regained their independence. Yet, each of these regimes leaves a long-lasting print…
George Clooney literally uses spy satellites to keep tabs on warlords
In 2010, after a trip to South Sudan, George Clooney and Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast had a revelation: they could monitor warlord activity via satellite and take action to help save lives.
Within a year, they had launched the …
New details about Israel’s boldest rescue mission of the 1980s
Israeli secret service agents ran an entire fake luxury beach resort in Sudan as a front for its operations in the 1980s, according to a BBC investigation.
A group of M…
3 countries where Russian mercenaries are known to operate
Newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed in April 2018, that the US killed hundreds o…