Flags originated on battlefields as a means of identification and hierarchy. Over the years, they have evolved to incorporate symbols significant to the countries they represent. Click through as ...

A false flag is a political or military action carried out with the intention of blaming an opponent for it. Nations have often done this by staging a real or simulated attack on their own side ...

DE BOECK, FILIP 1994. of trees and kings: politics and metaphor among the Aluund of Southwestern Zaire. American Ethnologist, Vol. 21, Issue. 3, p. 451.

When did the Polish flag appear? What colour is it actually? What is the proper way to display it? What should you do with it when a storm is coming? And who wrote poems about it? Worthy of its very ...

The road to Flag Football's debut in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is underway!Watch over 50 of the best Men's and Women's International elite teams from 32 countries battle it out at the ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

Flags are at half-staff this weekend in seven U.S. states to honor the memory and passing of several public servants and others recently, following proclamations from federal and state officials.

The group then went to the Palais de la Nation that houses President Felix Tshisekedi's offices, brandishing flags of Zaire, the name of the Democratic Republic of Congo under ex-dictator Mobutu ...

Just a flag - or a symbol of imperial terror? Fans cheering in a stadium and waving a flag is a staple sight at any international sports event. But what if a flag is so offensive to some countries ...

Alfred Mamba was just 12 when boxing great Muhammad Ali descended on Kinshasa, at that time the capital of Zaire, in October ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo military thwarted an 'attempted coup' led by a US national and his 40-strong militia to overthrow the country's government. The plot was led by Christian ...

Ebola viruses are filamentous, enveloped, nonsegmented RNA viruses. Although most Ebola viruses, notably Ebola-Zaire virus, are highly infectious for primates and can cause severe haemorrhagic ...