A letter written by the bandmaster of the Titanic who carried on playing as the doomed ship sank has sold at auction for £93,000.
Wallace Hartley, 33, has became a key figure of the disaster as – together with his seven other band members – he carried on playing until the very last moments.
The violinist, who travelled as a second-class passenger on Titanic,...
Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons – probably nerve gas – in their fight against rebels waging a two-year-old uprising, the Israeli military’s top intelligence analyst said on Tuesday.
Brigadier-General Itai Brun told a security conference photos of victims showing foam coming out of their mouths and contracted pupils were signs deadly...
France’s embassy in Tripoli has been hit by what appeared to be a car bomb this morning, injuring two guards.
It is the first such attack in the Libyan capital since the 2011 war that ousted former dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
‘There was an attack on the embassy. We think it was a booby-trapped car,’ said an embassy official.
‘There was a lot of damage...
WASHINGTON, DC — Armenian-Americans from across the Greater Washington, DC area called for an end to U.S. complicity in Turkey’s genocide denial at a White House rally held just days before President Obama’s annual April 24th statement.
The April 21st “Let Your Voice be Heard for Genocide Recognition!” protest was organized by the Armenian Youth...
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