VIDEO: Drought reveals ancient palace in Iraq

By CNN
July 9, 2019 | 5:47 AM

A 3,400-year-old palace was discovered in the Kurdistan region of Iraq after the Mosul Dam reservoir water levels dropped due to drought.

PHOTOS: Candlelight vigil outside Lebanese embassy

By Rob Woodfork
August 6, 2020 | 6:10 AM

Dozens gathered outside the Lebanese embassy in D.C. Wednesday evening in a show of support for Beirut a day after the city in Lebanon was rocked by a massive explosion. Ziad Achkar, who is from Lebanon and organized the gathering sparked by a moving Twitter thread gone viral, told WTOP the tragedy is a huge blow to a country already in severe economic crisis.

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