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Yemen
Under Saudi Bombardment, 33% of Yemenis Food Insecure

Under Saudi Bombardment, 33% of Yemenis Food Insecure

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TeleSur | – – The U.N. says almost half a million children in the country are at risk of death from famine as Saudi Arabia’s war in the country completes a second year. At least seven million people in Yemen are facing starvation as a result of the humanitarian crisis caused by almost two years […]

Israel/ Palestine
Like Shoplifting: Israel gives Azarya 18 mos. for Killing subdued Palestinian Assailant

Like Shoplifting: Israel gives Azarya 18 mos. for Killing subdued Palestinian Assailant

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Ma’aN News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — After being found guilty of manslaughter for the filmed, execution-style shooting of 21-year-old Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif, 20-year-old Israeli soldier Elor Azarya was sentenced to 18 months in prison, a year’s probation, and a demotion in his military rank on Tuesday. File The prosecution had sought a […]

Afghanistan
The Misuse of American Military Power and Mideast Chaos

The Misuse of American Military Power and Mideast Chaos

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By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The United States has already lost — its war for the Middle East, that is. Having taken my own crack at combat soldiering in both Iraq and Afghanistan, that couldn’t be clearer to me. Unfortunately, it’s evidently still not clear in Washington. Bush’s neo-imperial triumphalism failed. Obama’s […]

Donald Trump
Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden (Colbert)

Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden (Colbert)

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Stephen Colbert | (Video Clip from The Late Show) | – – “In response to Trump’s false claims of a terror attack, Sweden’s Prime Minister asked, ‘What has he been smoking?’ Stephen has a theory.” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: “Never Fjorget What Happened In Sweden”

Donald Trump
CPAC, OK with alt-NeoNazism, drops Milo over Teen Sex Comments

CPAC, OK with alt-NeoNazism, drops Milo over Teen Sex Comments

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TeleSur | – – Milo Yiannopoulos will not be allowed to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference following the discovery of his comments supporting pedophilia. Breitbart editor and self-described “occasional fellow traveler with the alt-right,” Milo Yiannopoulos, has for some time now been notorious for his sexist, transphobic, racist and far-right views. But it’s […]

censorship
Confusion over U.S. Travel Ban Grounding Foreign Correspondents

Confusion over U.S. Travel Ban Grounding Foreign Correspondents

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By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – NEW YORK (IPS) – New restrictions on immigrants and refugees coming to the United States are also posing challenges for foreign correspondents covering news in the United States. Some have had to indefinitely postpone plans to report on conflicts in the Middle East while others […]

Donald Trump
Forget the Tweets: The Impact on You of Trump's Deregulation, Privatization of Everything

Forget the Tweets: The Impact on You of Trump’s Deregulation, Privatization of Everything

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By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | – – Beyond the campaign rhetoric and Twitter controversies over domestic and foreign policies, the question remains what actual policies the Trump administration is cooking up for the American people and the broader global community. Some campaign rhetoric is (will be) abandoned, e.g., one-China policy; Mexico paying […]

Authoritarianism
Danger as Turkey votes on Presidential System while in State of Emergency

Danger as Turkey votes on Presidential System while in State of Emergency

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By Arzu Geybullayeva | (Globalvoices.org) | – – On April 16, Turks will head to polls to yay or nay constitutional amendments which have been approved by the 550 seat parliament where the majority of seats (317) belong to the ruling party of Justice and Development (AKP) under the control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. […]

Donald Trump
Trump's Russia scandals could be about to get much, much worse

Trump’s Russia scandals could be about to get much, much worse

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Luca Trenta | The Conversation | – – Whatever one thinks of the Trump administration’s policies, it is difficult to ignore that the new president’s tenure has so far been characterised by incompetence and carelessness. And while it’s easy to laugh at daft missteps such as an aide plugging Ivanka Trump’s clothing line in a […]

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