In 1952, Project Blue Book was launched by the United States Air Force. Project Blue Book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) conducted by the U.S. military. The project was the revival of two similar projects. The first being Project Sign, which was active for most of 1948 [...]

What became of the 120 explorers who tried to establish England’s first colony on the north east coast of America has baffled historians for more than 400 years. The enterprise took place in the 1580s, was carried out by the English explorer Sir Ralph Lane and was organised and financed by the celebrated voyager Sir [...]

Between February 1692 and May 1693 in the village of Salem, Massachusetts, a series of trails and executions took place with people being found guilty of witchcraft. The witch hysteria in Salem, in which approximately 200 people were arrested, is most commonly referred to as the “Salem Witch Trials”. In order to understand the mass [...]

The Nanjing Massacre, sometimes referred to as the Nanking Massacre or the Rape of Nanking, was an alleged mass murder and mass rape of Chinese civilians by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. The massacre allegedly took place on December 13, 1937 following the Japanese capture of the city of Nanjing, the former capital of [...]

Inspired by a mix of anger and gloom, hundreds of thousands of discontented protestors took to the streets in cities across the world on May Day this year, to demand an end to income inequality and harsh austerity measures. In an attempt to, as The Guardian put it, “…breath new life into its campaign against [...]

“Before embarking on a political career in September 1919 at the age of thirty, Adolf Hitler had been a non-entity. With no formal qualifications, he had become an aimless drifter and failed artist before joining the army on the outbreak of war in August 1914,” writes the BBC. (1) He might have been one of [...]

Three U.S. hikers imprisoned in Iran and charged with espionage after they accidentally crossed the Iran/Iraq border in 2009 have spoken of the appalling conditions they were subjected to during their imprisonment. In September 2010, Sarah Shourd was released from jail on humanitarian grounds, according to Iranian authorities, due to ill health. Her two male [...]

Massoud Barzani is the current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Massoud Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, and succeeded his father, Mustafa Barzani, the former Kurdish nationalist leader as the leader of the KDP. (1) Throughout his presidency, Barzani has established various institutions in the [...]

It is a sad but true fact that human trafficking continues to be an atrocious part of modern society. Despite the U.S. government being strongly committed to combatting human trafficking both home and abroad, it is estimated that 14,500 to 17,500 people, primarily woman and children, are trafficked to the U.S. each year. (1) In [...]

Five members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) have been found guilty of an aggressive assault that took place in 2008 in Tomball, Texas. The ABT members have been sentenced to a federal prison. According to a statement released by the Department of Justice, on April 13, 2012, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Ewing [...]