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American POW accounted for 82 years after Bataan Death March

A 20-year-old soldier from Louisiana who died as a prisoner of war during World War II has been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday. U.S. Army Pfc. Joseph C. Murphy was serving in the 31st Infantry Regiment in the Philippines in 1942. While he was serving, Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands, […]

16 fallen U.S. soldiers from World War II, Korean War accounted for

Sixteen soldiers who died in World War II and the Korean War have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday. Seven of the U.S. military members accounted for were prisoners of war who died in World War II. The other nine were killed in the Korean War. The seven prisoners of war […]

Burkina Faso Accounted for One in Four Terrorism Deaths in 2023

(Bloomberg) — Burkina Faso, which has been ruled by a military junta led by Captain Ibrahim Traore for the past 18 months, accounted for almost a quarter of people killed in terrorist attacks globally last year. Most Read from Bloomberg Fatalities rose to 1,907 in 2023, from 1,135 a year earlier, despite a decline in […]