On April 5, 1988 Flight KU 422 had 112 passengers and crew aboard, including three members of the Kuwaiti Royal Family. It was about three hours out of Bangkok, over the Gulf of Oman when a number of Lebanese men armed with guns and hand grenades took control of the plane.

The Royal Shoe-Wearer — 2000 One of the Queen’s wardrobe staffers is responsible for breaking in her shoes. Her stylist Stewart Parvin explained it’s necessary so she doesn’t get uncomfortable or painful feet while wearing them at events, according to The Telegraph.

The Qajar dynasty was an persian royal dynasty of Turkic origin,specifically from the Qajar tribe, which ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925.

The Chinese Paramilitary Forces are made up of three main parts — the People’s Armed Police (PAP), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and the reserve force. They act as auxiliaries to the PLA, which is the world’s largest military force, with with 2.3 million troops.

Pickles : I used to loathe spending so much money on condiments like ketchup, mayo, and jam, because I could never seem to use it all before it expired. That changed when I found out that many condiments, including salad dressing, are consumable after their sell-by dates. If they’re open, give them the old sniff test to see if they …

This day is a national and a public holiday in homeland. On persian Solar Hijri calendar, this day is registered as the anniversary of the 1979 establishment of the Islamic Republic and celebrated by people.

The Nowruz’s holidays that has ended, is the season of travel. Most of Nowruz’s travels are domestic travels, to where that persians call it “Shomal“, i.e. the North. Shomal is the north part of homeland (the green part in the below map), i.e. the south beach of Caspian Sea.

Smouldering with flames after being stuck by a hijacked passenger plane, these newly released images show the Pentagon right after the 9/11 attacks.The photos, which were made public by the FBI, were taken in the hours and days after al Qaeda terrorists unleashed hell on September 11 2001.They show apocalyptic scenes as fire crews tried to put out the blaze …

Behnaz Farahi She is an architect and interaction designer, exploring the potential of interactive systems and their relationship to the human body. Her primary interest is the implementation of emerging technologies in contemporary art/architecture practice.

Nader Shah (1698 – 1747) was one of the most powerful persian rulers in the history of that nation, ruling as Shah of Persia from 1736 to 1747 when he was assassinated during a rebellion.