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22 hours ago · Jose Battle, Cuban-born refugee who was a police officer during the Batista regime. He was the founder and head of an organized crime syndicate known as the corporation, also referred to as the "Cuban Mafia". Battle controlled bolita rackets within the Cuban-American community.
22 hours ago · Somali Civil War. The Somali Civil War ( Somali: Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Soomaaliya; Arabic: الحرب الأهلية الصومالية al-ḥarb al-’ahliyya aṣ-ṣūmāliyya) is an ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta which was led by Siad Barre during the 1980s.
- 1981/1988/1991 (disputed)-present [nb 1]
- Somalia
22 hours ago · Russian Civil War. The Russian Civil War [a] was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of the social-democratic Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. It resulted in the formation of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet ...
22 hours ago · RIYADH: Saudi films will be screened at two of Australia’s premier venues, the Sydney Opera House and the five-star Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, this month as part of a partnership aimed at fostering collaboration between the film industries in both countries. The “Saudi Film Night” screenings from June 26-28 have been organized by the Kingdom’s Film Commission and Australian ...
22 hours ago · The eight-year-long Iran–Iraq War (September 1980 – August 1988, known as The Imposed War in Iran [98]) was the most important international event for the first decade of the Islamic Republic and possibly for its history so far. It helped to strengthen the revolution although it cost Iran much in lives and treasure.
22 hours ago · Two of Australia's leading film producers, Alan Finney and Jane Jeffes, selected the Saudi offerings, said Kauthar Abdulalim, founder of Blacksand Pictures. The event reflects the Saudi Film Commission’s dedication to fostering global partnerships and leveraging cultural exchange as a cornerstone of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, SPA said.
22 hours ago · Earth's ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
