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Wapping dispute
The Wapping dispute, also known as the Battle of Wapping, was a year-long British industrial conflict begun in January 1986 when Murdoch's News International sacked some 5,500 striking print workers.
Waqah'il Sadiq
Waqah'il Sadiq (Waqahʾil Ṣādiq) was a king of Ma'in, a kingdom of ancient South Arabia in the Jawf valley of present-day Yemen, around the 3rd century BCE.
Waqar Younis
Waqar Younis (وقار یونس), born 1971, Pakistani right-arm fast bowler, the 'Burewala Express' and master of reverse swing; 373 Test and 416 ODI wickets, Wasim Akram's partner, later Pakistan head coach.
Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025
The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (UMEED Act) amends India's Waqf Act, 1995, renaming it, removing waqf by user, adding five-year Islam practice and government-property provisions, and adding non-Muslim members to waqf bodies.
Waqf (وقف)
Waqf (وقف, plural awqaf; also habs) is the Islamic perpetual charitable endowment: property made inalienable, its usufruct dedicated to religious or charitable purposes, historically the main provider of education, healthcare, and welfare across Muslim societies.
Waqia-navis
The waqia-navis (واقعہ نویس) was a news-writer of the Mughal Empire who sent weekly reports directly to the emperor, an office introduced under Akbar and later redefined by the East India Company.
Waqt (वक़्त) (1965 film)
Waqt (वक़्त, 1965) is a Yash Chopra-directed Hindi drama produced by B.R. Chopra, the pioneering lost-and-found multi-starrer in which an earthquake separates a family reunited in a courtroom; it won five Filmfare Awards.
Waqt Hamara Hai (वक़्त हमारा है)
Waqt Hamara Hai (वक़्त हमारा है), also called It's Our Time, is a 1993 Hindi action comedy directed by Bharat Rangachary, starring Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Ayesha Jhulka, and Mamta Kulkarni, about a fake kidnapping that collides with a real terrorist plot.
Waqt: The Race Against Time
Waqt: The Race Against Time (वक़्त), 2005 Hindi family drama by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, adapted from Aatish Kapadia's Gujarati play; Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar star as a dying father who expels his spoiled son; earned ₹41.39 crore worldwide, verdict Average.
War
War, or armed conflict in international law, is organized armed violence between states or organized armed groups. IHL classifies conflicts as international or non-international; UCDP recorded 65 state-based conflicts in 2025, the most since 1946.
War (2007 film)
War (2007), also released as Rogue Assassin, is an American action thriller directed by Philip G. Atwell, starring Jet Li as assassin Rogue and Jason Statham as FBI agent Crawford; it earned about $40.5 million worldwide on a $25 million budget.
War (band)
War is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1969 (some sources say 1962), known for the 1970 Eric Burdon collaboration "Spill the Wine," the 1973 best-selling album The World Is a Ghetto, and hits "Low Rider" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
War (card game)
War (card game), also called Bataille, Guerra, or Battle: a luck-only children's card game for 2-4 players with a 52-card deck, where higher cards win flips and ties trigger face-down wars.
WAR (newspaper)
WAR, later The Insurgent, was the neo-Nazi tabloid of Tom Metzger's White Aryan Resistance, published from Fallbrook, California from the 1980s; it billed itself as the most racist newspaper on earth and promoted Third Position politics.
War (The Temptations song)
"War" is a 1970 anti-Vietnam War protest song by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, first recorded by the Temptations but made a three-week No. 1 hit by Edwin Starr.
War (TV series)
War (2026) is a British anthology legal drama created by George Kay for HBO and Sky, starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller as a divorcing couple whose case pits London firms Cathcarts & Sons against Taylor & Byrne; renewed for a second season.
War (U2 album)
War (1983) is U2's third studio album, released 28 February 1983 on Island Records, produced by Steve Lillywhite at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. It was U2's first UK number 1 album, reached US No. 12, and features Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day.
War (वॉर) (2019 film)
War (वॉर) is a 2019 Hindi action thriller by Siddharth Anand for Yash Raj Films, starring Hrithik Roshan as rogue RAW agent Kabir and Tiger Shroff as his hunter-protégé Khalid; the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2019 and third YRF Spy Universe film.
War & Peace (2016 TV series)
War & Peace (2016 TV series): six-part BBC One British-American adaptation of Tolstoy's novel, written by Andrew Davies, directed by Tom Harper, starring Paul Dano, Lily James and James Norton, averaging 7.2 million UK viewers.
War 2 (film)
War 2 (वॉर 2), 2025 Hindi action thriller by Ayan Mukerji for Yash Raj Films, sixth YRF Spy Universe film and sequel to War (2019), starring Hrithik Roshan, NTR, and Kiara Advani; released 14 August 2025, critically panned and a box-office flop.
War Admiral
War Admiral (1934-1959), son of Man o' War out of Brushup, was the 1937 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year, unbeaten in 8 starts that year, later beaten by Seabiscuit in the 1938 Pimlico Special, and a leading sire.
War Against Indiscipline
The War Against Indiscipline was a Nigerian national campaign announced by Tunde Idiagbon in Buhari's military government, in effect from March 1984 to September 1985 across five phases.
War against Sigismund
War against Sigismund (Kriget mot Sigismund), Swedish civil war of 1597–1599 in which Duke Charles of Södermanland deposed King Sigismund III Vasa, ending the Sweden–Poland-Lithuania union; decisive defeat at Stångebro 1598, deposition 1599.
War and Peace (1956 film)
War and Peace (1956) is King Vidor's American-Italian epic adaptation of Tolstoy's novel, starring Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Mel Ferrer; 208 minutes, Paramount, Oscar-nominated, and the film that spurred the Soviet Bondarchuk version.
War and Peace (film series)
War and Peace (Война и мир) is Sergei Bondarchuk's four-part 1965–1967 Mosfilm adaptation of Tolstoy's novel, the most expensive Soviet film, Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, distinct from the 1956 Vidor, 1972 BBC, and 2016 BBC versions.
War and Peace (game)
War and Peace is Mark McLaughlin's grand strategic board wargame of the Napoleonic Wars, 1805-1815, first published by Avalon Hill in 1980, revived by One Small Step in 2020, and adapted digitally as Napoleon's Eagles on Steam.
War and Peace (Война и мир)
War and Peace (Война и мир) is Leo Tolstoy's novel-epopee, written 1863–1870 and published 1865–1869, following Pierre Bezukhov, Andrei Bolkonsky, and Natasha Rostova through Russia's Napoleonic wars of 1805–1820.
War and Remembrance (miniseries)
War and Remembrance, ABC's 1988-1989 Dan Curtis miniseries adapted from Herman Wouk's 1978 novel, is the sequel to The Winds of War; at $104 million it was then the most expensive TV production, noted for explicit Holocaust depiction.
War between Eshnunna and Elam
The wars between Eshnunna and Elam were 18th-century BC conflicts fought over trade routes, culminating in a coalition under sukkalmah Siwe-palar-huppak that destroyed Eshnunna's dynasty.
War between Kosala and Kashi
The war between Kosala and Kashi (कोशल-काशी संघर्ष) was a prolonged struggle, recorded in the Jatakas, through which Kosala absorbed Kashi, the kingdom of Varanasi.