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World

Ukraine war zone volunteer shares experience

By Makenzie Gudmundson
May 14, 2024 12:00 AM
Most students might spend their holidays visiting family or exploring tourist sights. One local student, however, has chosen a rather unconventional destination for his school breaks: Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Campus Events

BYU professors host panel discussion on Israel-Hamas War

By Hassan El-Cheikh
November 03, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU professors addressed a crowded conference room the evening of Monday, Oct. 30 to shed light on the current conflict taking place in Gaza and invited students to educate themselves and work toward becoming peacemakers.
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Religion

Hamas launches surprise attack on Israel

By Belle Lewis
October 10, 2023 12:00 AM
Pro-Palestinian Islamist group Hamas breached theGaza border on Saturdayto launch a surprise offensive against Israeli citizens and government.
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World

Pakistan PM vows to fight terror after 70 died in Lahore

By Gianluca Cuestas
March 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Women try to comfort a mother who lost her son in bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 28, 2016. The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose on Monday as the country started observing a three-day mourning period following the attack. (Associated Press)
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World

IS claims suicide bombing on stadium in Iraq that killed 29

By Gianluca Cuestas
March 25, 2016 12:00 AM
Mourners pray over an Iraqi flag-draped coffin of bomb victim, Rasul Kadim, 24, during his funeral procession at the holy shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 7, 2016. The suicide bomber on Sunday rammed his explosives-laden fuel truck into a security checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, the latest episode in an uptick in violence in the war-ravaged country. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in an online statement. (Associated Press)
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Books

Best-selling author Dean Hughes releases new World War II Christmas story

By Austin Tenny
January 06, 2016 12:00 AM
Home and Away is a nostalgic, short story that reminds readers to treasure family and look past trial to find solace and peace during the holiday season. (Austin Tenny)
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Nation

Survivors return to Pearl Harbor 74 years after attack

December 07, 2015 12:00 AM
World War II veteran and original crew member of the battleship New Jersey, Russell Collins, salutes with others on the battleship during a commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy and National Park Service hosted a ceremony in remembrance of those killed on Dec. 7, 1941. (Associated Press)
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Nation

Britain: Russian jetliner may have been downed by bomb

November 04, 2015 12:00 AM
LONDON— Britain said Wednesday it has information suggesting the Russian jet that crashed in the Egyptian desert may have been brought down by a bomb and it was suspending flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula as a precaution.
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Nation

Obama discusses Clinton's email server, 2016 elections, Syria

October 13, 2015 12:00 AM
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a community forum in Iowa on Sept. 22. Obama said on Oct. 11 that although Clinton made a mistake in using her private email server to conduct government business, her actions did not compromise national security. (Associated Press)
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World

A look at the latest developments in Europe's migrant crisis

August 31, 2015 12:00 AM
Migrants cross a border line between Serbia and Hungary, near the village of Horgos, Serbia, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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World

Islamic State seizes parts of Palmyra, edging closer to majestic ruins

By Liesl Hansen
May 20, 2015 12:00 AM
In this Monday, May 18, 2015 photo, civilians fleeing their hometown of Ramadi, Iraq, rides on a truck in Habaniyah town, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Baghdad. Iraqi forces and allied Sunni tribesmen repelled an Islamic State attack overnight on a town west of Baghdad, a tribal leader said Tuesday, as the government renewed its commitment to arm anti-militant Sunni tribes following the loss of the key city of Ramadi. (AP Photo)
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Nation

Obama on war powers request: Islamic State is going to lose

By Sarah Burchett
February 11, 2015 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that the U.S.-led military coalition will succeed in destroying the Islamic State group as he asked Congress for fresh war powers.
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Campus

BYU Army ROTC prepares for deployment with mock war exercise

By Jacob Molnar
January 05, 2015 12:00 AM
The BYU Army ROTC trains cadets for war.
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Editorials

The cost of a volunteer military

By Robin Rodgers
September 10, 2012 12:00 AM
During my first semester at BYU I was walking home from church in the Harmon Building. I was accompanied by my roommate, who commented on the fact that the University hadn't done much to commemorate September 11th that weekend. She said she liked it and was pleased to not attend another ceremony of mourning.
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World

United Nations General Assembly commences with world crisis at hand

By Beau Jones
January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
The 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. Headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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