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Naver (Korean: 네이버; stylized as NAVER) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. It was launched in 1999 as the first web portal...

Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by two SM-2MR surface-to-air...

The Japanese asset price bubble (バブル景気, baburu keiki, lit. 'bubble economy') was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and...

The Yemeni crisis began with the 2011–2012 revolution against President Abdullah Saleh, who had led Yemen for 33 years. After Saleh left office in early...

The Turco-Mongol or Turko-Mongol tradition was an ethnocultural synthesis that arose in Asia during the 14th century among the ruling elites of the Golden...

The Palm Islands consist of three artificial archipelagos: Palm Jumeirah, Deira Islands, and Palm Jebel Ali, on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates...

The Battles of Rzhev (Russian: Ржевская битва, romanized: Rzhevskaya bitva) were a series of Red Army offensives against the Wehrmacht between 8 January...

Kamayan is a Filipino cultural term for the various occasions or contexts in which pagkakamay (Tagalog: "[eating] with the hands") is practiced, including...

The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement was an armistice agreement that ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was signed on 9 November by the...

The AK-12, "Avtomat Kalashnikova, 2012" (GRAU index 6P70) is a Russian gas-operated assault rifle chambered in 5.45×39mm designed and manufactured by the...

The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines. Spanning over 540 kilometers (340 mi), it runs from the province of Cagayan down to...

Alwar State is a princely state of Naruka Rajputs with its capital at Alwar in India. Founded in 1770 CE by Pratap Singh Prabhakar, its reigning ruler...

Mahseer is the common name used for the genera Tor, Neolissochilus, Naziritor and Parator in the family Cyprinidae (carps). The name is, however, more...

The 20th Army was a field army of the Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. The Army was first formed in the Orel Military District...

Gujarmal Modi (9 August 1902 – 22 January 1976) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist, who co-established the Modi Group of companies and the...

Ghayebi Dighi Mosque, (Bengali: গায়েবী দিঘী মসজিদ, Arabic: مسجد بركة الغائبي), was an ancient mosque[citation needed] located in what is now Barothakuri...

Gaur also known as "Gour" is a Hindu Rajput clan of India. They have ancient ancestry and find mention by James Tod as one of 36 royal races in his book...

Osman Osmani (Persian: عثمان عثمانی) was appointed as the governor of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan in June 2008.[failed verification] He was succeeded...

Jalizi-ye Bala (Persian: جليزي بالا) is a village in, and the capital of, Dalpari Rural District of Musian District, Dehloran County, Ilam province, Iran...

Russian whaling has been conducted by native peoples in the Chukotka region of Russia since at least 4,000 years ago by native Yupik and Chukchi people...