Later, at the height of the Cold War, spy planes picked out missiles being placed in Cuba. But flying over hostile territory armed with cameras instead of guns required exceptional airmanship and ...

The Aid Worker Security Database, which has compiled reports since 1997, said the number of killings rose from 293 in 2023 to 383 in 2024, including over 180 in Gaza.

UNITED NATIONS — A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, the U.N. humanitarian office said Tuesday on the ...