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Feminism
Syrian Kurdish Women March to End Gender-Based Violence

Syrian Kurdish Women March to End Gender-Based Violence

AFP

“Women must organise and reach decision-making positions”

Pakistan
Pakistan: Baluch Separatists Storm “Oppressive’ Chinese Consulate in Karachi, kill 2 Policemen

Pakistan: Baluch Separatists Storm “Oppressive’ Chinese Consulate in Karachi, kill 2 Policemen

AFP

Karachi (Pakistan) (AFP) – Two policemen were killed on Friday when gunmen stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said, with the attack claimed by a separatist group which branded Beijing “an oppressor”. Pakistani authorities said that security forces had secured the area after the attack, the latest in a series […]

UAE
United Arab Emirates Prince Targeted by Lawsuits over Yemen Atrocities

United Arab Emirates Prince Targeted by Lawsuits over Yemen Atrocities

AFP

Nearly 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led intervention began

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Gov’t: Crown Prince a ‘Red Line’ in Khashoggi Murder Probe

Saudi Gov’t: Crown Prince a ‘Red Line’ in Khashoggi Murder Probe

AFP

Calls for the crown prince to be held accountable for the grisly killing of Jamal Khashoggi ‘would not be tolerated.’

Supreme Court
John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke

John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke

AFP

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges”

UAE
United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage

United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage

AFP

by Mohamad Ali Harissi Dubai (AFP) – A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on spying charges on Wednesday, prompting a “shocked” Britain to warn of repercussions for relations with its longstanding Gulf ally. Hedges, a 31-year-old PhD student, had protested his innocence ever since his arrest at […]

Donald Trump
He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey

He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey

AFP

McGahn, who has since left the White House, advised Trump that he could face the risk of impeachment if he took such a measure

Donald Trump
Ivanka Trump’s use of Personal Email for Gov’t Business called a “blatant derogation of the law.”

Ivanka Trump’s use of Personal Email for Gov’t Business called a “blatant derogation of the law.”

AFP

Cummings: “We need those documents to ensure that Ivanka Trump, (her husband) Jared Kushner and other officials are complying with federal records laws…”

Sexual Assault
Trump tries but fails to block UN #MeToo Resolution against Sexual Harassment

Trump tries but fails to block UN #MeToo Resolution against Sexual Harassment

AFP

The United States failed on Monday to water down a UN resolution on combatting sexual harassment

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