This small New York village made guns for 200 years. What happens when Remington leaves?

ILION, N.Y. (AP) — Remington began here two centuries ago and generations of workers have turned out rifles and shotguns at the massive firearms factory in the middle of this blue-collar village in the heart of New York’s Mohawk Valley. Now residents of Ilion are bracing for Remington’s exit, ending an era that began when … Read more

The economy of this Palestinian village depended on Israel. Then the checkpoint closed

NILIN, West Bank — Count the rings of the gnarled olive trees dotting Mohammed Mousa’s land in the West Bank village of Nilin: They’ve been here centuries, far before the Palestinian family’s livelihood came to depend on the whims of Israeli occupation. When Israel established a checkpoint near the Mousas’ land a decade ago, the … Read more

How Aïcha Tremblé’s shoulder shimmy in a Burkina Faso village went viral

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The day that made Aïcha Bonou N’Donkie into an international viral sensation started as usual, with the 18 year-old collecting firewood, cooking for her family and selling peanuts she’d grown at the market in her village in western Burkina Faso. When she went to an informal concert … Read more

At least 9 people killed in Syrian government shelling of a rebel-held village, the opposition says

Syrian opposition activists say government forces’ shelling of a northwestern village has killed at least nine people, including six children ByThe Associated Press November 25, 2023, 6:40 AM BEIRUT — Syrian government forces’ shelling of a northwestern village Saturday killed at least nine people, including six children, as they picked olives, opposition activists said. The … Read more

An Israeli passport in a bloody minibus leads to a Bedouin village in fear

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave SDEROT, Israel — The silver Volkswagen minibus had been towed into a sandy lot on the edge of Sderot in southern Israel. Its seats were stained with dried blood and covered in smashed glass. Bullet holes pocked its sides. In a small recess in the front, a … Read more

Ruins and memories of a paradise lost in an Israeli village where attackers killed, kidnapped dozens

KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel — Nearly two weeks after Hamas militants left his village scorched and shattered, Shachar Butler returned to bury a friend who was slain. But it was the town itself, a quarter of its residents dead or missing, that he eulogized. “It was the happiest place alive. It was a green place, … Read more

Princess of Wales’ parents become target of ‘malicious’ posters in village after business collapse

The parents of the Princess of Wales have been targeted by a malicious poster campaign in their home village, according to reports. Posters were put up on trees and lampposts around Carole and Michael Middleton’s home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, over the administration of the couple’s party goods business, Party Pieces. The Princess’s younger brother, James, … Read more

Israeli village near the Gaza border lies in ruin, filled with the bodies of residents and militants

KFAR AZA, Israel — On the road approaching this rural village, the bodies of militants lie scattered between the shells of burned-out cars. Walls and doors of what used to be neatly kept stucco homes are blasted wide open. As bags holding the bodies of slain residents await identification, the smell of death hangs thick … Read more

Precision missile strike on cafe hosting soldier’s wake decimates Ukrainian village

HROZA, Ukraine — The cafe had been closed throughout the war but reopened especially for a dead soldier’s wake, and almost every household in the village sent someone to mourn the native son. When the gathering to honor Andrii Kozyr was struck by a precision missile that Ukrainian officials said was fired by Russia, almost … Read more