By Naimul Haq | (Inter Press Service) | – – COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (IPS) – Yasmin, 26, holds her 10-day-old baby, who she gave birth to in a crowded refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern district bordering Myanmar. Three weeks ago, when she was still in her home in Hpaung Taw Pyin village in […]
Detroit’s Eminem raps against Trump, defends Muslims
Marshall “Eminem” Mathers | BETNetwork | (Music Video) | – – “Eminem is back! And he’s in classic bar-for-bar form blasting at Donald Trump from his Detroit home. The cyphers went crazy too. Peep.” BETNetworks: “Eminem Rips Donald Trump In BET Hip Hop Awards Freestyle Cypher” Read “The Storm (2017 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Verse)” […]
How “ghost soldiers” could frustrate Trump’s plans for Afghanistan
By Jessica Purkiss | ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – Frank “Gus” Biggio arrived in Nawa, a district in Afghanistan’s embattled Helmand province, in the summer of 2009. Then, he recalled, it was “a violent, lawless, ungoverned place”, like an “apocalyptic scene out of a movie”. The battle to secure the district […]
Turkish Gov’t Railroading Amnesty Int’l Workers in Kafkaesque Trial
By Benjamin Ward | (Human Rights Watch) | – – Jailed Human Rights Defenders Could Face up to 15 Years in Prison If it were a television script, any sensible producer would reject it as too far-fetched. Ten human rights defenders met on a small island in Istanbul for a training session on July 5. […]
Can Coffee survive Climate Change?
Sylvain Charlebois | (The Conversation) | – – Fall is always a good time to create new habits, and coffee chains know it. These days, they are desperately trying to find any excuse to get you to drink their java. Many chains used National or International Coffee Day, just passed, as a reason to offer […]
As Trump seeks Defense Budget Increase, Pentagon Pork fattens Private Contractors to do Nothing
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Here’s a question for you: How do you spell boondoggle? The answer (in case you didn’t already know): P-e-n-t-a-g-o-n. Hawks on Capitol Hill and in the U.S. military routinely justify increases in the Defense Department’s already munificent budget by arguing that yet more money is […]
Despite Trump, IAEA Confirms Iran’s Compliance with Nuclear Deal
TeleSur | – – Despite accusations by the Trump administration against Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, the U.N. nuclear agency chief denied these claims. The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano has confirmed that Iran is conforming to the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement, despite accusations by the Donald Trump administration […]
Yemen: Is Saudi Coalition deliberately Blocking Aid and Fuel to Civilians?
Human Rights Watch | – – Houthi-Saleh Obstruction also Heightens Crisis (Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition’s restrictions on imports to Yemen have worsened the dire humanitarian situation of Yemeni civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The restrictions, in violation of international humanitarian law, have delayed and diverted fuel tankers, closed a critical port, and stopped […]
VP Pence pulls NFL Political Stunt at Taxpayer Expense
TeleSur | – – “I left today’s Colts game because I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem,” Pence said. Members of the National Football League who have collectively lodged symbolic protests against police brutality and racism during the U.S. national anthem by “taking a knee” faced […]
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