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Eswatini, a small landlocked kingdom in Southern Africa, faces significant economic hardship, with about 70% of its population living below the poverty line.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

The kingdom has been pressing allies for help as it comes under daily fire from the Houthis that recently seized swathes of the Red Sea coastline from the Riyadh-backed government.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

All of a sudden, the war took on a more present form, unsettling a kingdom unused to conflicts playing out on home turf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The researchers named the species Dianjunus rex, drawing inspiration from its impressive size and the ancient Dian kingdom.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

He could see him in the canvas of his eye, in the brilliant kingdom of his eye.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

His grandson Æthelstan completed the herculean effort to push the Vikings out of northern England, and at a meeting in 927 the leaders of Britain’s kingdoms accepted him as “Rex Anglorum.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

The kingdoms were abolished in 1967, but the government under President Yoweri Museveni restored them in the early 1990s.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The story is that in this period Scandinavia became distinct unified Christian kingdoms from a series of disparate and decentralized pagan tribes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Though Uganda is governed by an elected president, it has several traditional kingdoms which continue to have significant cultural influence despite not having political power.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The conquests of Alexander in the late fourth century gave the Greeks firsthand experience of Persia, India, and the Asian kingdoms lying between.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro