some of whom waved American flags in a show of support for the U.S.-South Korea alliance. Inside the compound, investigators said, they faced resistance from about 200 security service agents and ...

After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war ...

Every autumn in Phuket, those chosen by the gods are impaled with spikes, swords and more in one of Thailand's most unusual religious events Every autumn Taoists flock to Phuket in Thailand to take ...

Flags across the country will be lowered to half-staff until late next month to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100. According to U.S. flag code, flags must be ...

The Italian flag, or “Il Tricolore,” is one of the most recognisable flags in the world. With its trio of green, white, and red splashed across Italian restaurant signs all over the world and printed ...

South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) On the flipside, some anti-Yoon figures resorted to an unorthodox choice to signal their opposition — the Virginia state flag.

Jimmy Carter’s extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The flag flies at half-staff for the late President Jimmy Carter at the White House, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 ...

As perplexing it may be to some, to many conservative supporters in South Korea the American flag has long served as a powerful emblem of anti-communism and the country’s enduring alliance with ...

WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Friday over plans for the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff during his upcoming inauguration to honor the late President Jimmy Carter ...

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