hyenas and wolverines have a reputation for being bad-tempered enough to attack more-or-less anything that comes in range. Large predators, such as crocodiles...

accounts generally consider the war to have started with the Pearl Harbor attack of December 1941. Chinese accounts date it from Japan's invasion of the...

August 6, 1945 when it became the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack, it is now a modern cosmopolitan city with excellent cuisine and a bustling...

these animals will not usually attack you unless you attack them first, they are still extremely dangerous and may attack you if you have food items. Just...

fence when two German warships were allowed to pass through the straits and attack Russia in the Black Sea, while the straits were slammed shut against the...

China participated in World War I as part of the Allies from 1917-1918 by attacking the German and Austro-Hungarian concessions in Tianjin and Hankou, with...

militants killed at least 16 people in a gun attack on a Grand Bassam beach resort about 40km from Abidjan. The attack was claimed by al Qaeda (AQIM). Côte d'Ivoire...

any military force. Indeed, tourists are a soft target, much easier to attack than the professionals. Some may be specifically targeted because of their...

days later, as they had declared in advance that they would consider an attack on Poland to be a casus belli. The countries of the British Empire also...

size that they do in Australia and New Guinea. There was only one fatal attack by a crocodile in Palau within recorded history and that occurred in 1965...

hurt guard dogs may lead to legal consequences, unless you are really attacked by them. Remember that these dogs are protecting their territory and trying...

laid-back city whose mellow vibe is reflected in the music of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky that perfectly captures the sultry, lean burn atmosphere...

dangerous and is not to be underestimated. Bears attack, and even more frequently moose will attack people. Even moose that come into the cities and are...

co-operate extensively with Germany. One consequence of this was a British attack on the French naval base at Mers-el-Kebir near Oran, sinking French ships...

seaborne landings on five separate beaches began at dawn. East-to-west, the attacks were: The British 6th Airborne, with one Canadian battalion, on the left...

were Arawaks, then in the centuries before European contact they were attacked and subjugated by Caribs. But this doesn't square with the linguistic,...

genocide—began attacking both Tutsi refugees and the Congolese Tutsi population (the Banyamulenge) and also formed militias to launch attacks into Rwanda...

commemorate the defense of the city against an attack by a feudal lord. In order to ward off their would-be attackers, residents constructed a number of giant...

swim or climb trees. Though their size may be scary, they generally don't attack humans unless threatened and will probably waddle away (at a surprising...

Europe that still have bears. They usually don't bother humans, but can attack and even kill when drawn in by food or if humans get between a mother and...