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According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...

(NEXSTAR) — Flags across the U.S. are meant to be at half-staff for another eight days, but they were at full staff in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Why was the nation’s capital in defiance of a ...

Immediately after President Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024, President Joe Biden ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff for a month in honor of the Noble Peace Prize winner. Biden's order ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation ...

A peace wall at an interface in Portadown in County Armagh has been taken down after almost 27 years. The 3m-tall metal structure was removed under a Department of Justice (DoJ) and Armagh ...

LANGKAWI: The priority of Myanmar’s military government should be to reinstate peace and not hold elections that would further foster divisions in the war-torn country, said Malaysia’s Foreign ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered U.S. and Virginia flags to fly at full-staff on Monday, in honor of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The order makes Virginia the latest ...

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is directing all American flags at state agencies to be flown at full-staff Monday to mark President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, which falls during the ...

Indiana has joined several states that have confirmed flags will be raised on Inauguration Day, despite the mourning period following former President Jimmy Carter's death. After a former ...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...

The Christian sect Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) held its “National Rally for Peace” on Monday, drawing almost two million of its members in various cities, with the majority of them showing up at Quirino ...