1975 - Austin is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army upon graduation from West Point. Over the next 20 years, he holds a number of leadership positions and is stationed at bases in ...
China has asserted its international right to take on insurgents threatening the lives of its citizens after an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group ( ISIS) killed a Chinese citizen in ...
Born in Baghdad, former track and field champion Aviva Ballas was one of Israel's top runners in the early 1970s. From her home in Switzerland, she recalls the stroke of luck that saved her from ...
Control over oil and gas has long been a source of tension between Baghdad and the Kurds, with Kirkuk - a region rich in hydrocarbons - at the centre of the dispute ...