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South Sudan Refugee Crisis Worsens As Allegations of Genocide Spread
UN cautiously labels South Sudan atrocities “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” as crisis deepens South Sudan Civil War: Refugees flee the atrocities – BBC News The United Nations is cautiously describing the fighting in South Sudan as “genocide” or “ethnic cleansing” as reports surface of hundreds of South Sudanese refugees fleeing into neighboring Uganda. Political and […]
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United Nations Analysis Reveals Possible War Crimes in Syrian City of Aleppo
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon warns of humanitarian crisis in Syria’s second largest city United Nations Says Aleppo Raid Is ‘Likely A War Crime’ | Hardball | MSNBC The Syrian White Helmets civil defense group revealed to United Nations war crimes investigators that 1,207 civilians, 380 of them children, were killed by Russian airstrikes […]
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Aleppo Fighting Continues in Contravention of Cease Fire Agreement
Aleppo turning into massive quagmire for all sides as reports of fighting’s resumption leads to UN investigation Fighting Reportedly Resumes In Aleppo Hours After Ceasefire | MSNBC The ceasefire agreement gave opposition fighters an opportunity to leave Aleppo peacefully, using the southwestern flank toward and going towards the Syrian hinterlands still held by rebels along […]
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Poll Reveals Half of US Respondents See Utility in Torture
Poll reveals that employing torture against enemies may not be as taboo as previously thought The Case Against Torture | Op-Docs | The New York Times from New York Times Half of American respondents polled in a global survey by the United Nations revealed that they believed an enemy fighter could be tortured to extract […]
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Migrant Workers in Japan – Conditions Akin to Slavery According to UN Report
The Worst Internship Ever: Japan’s Labor Pains from VICE News In desperate need of unskilled labor, some firms in Japan are abusing its “guest worker” program by subjecting laborers to poor living conditions and pay One United Nations report called some of the conditions that migrant workers face in Japan akin to “slavery.” Low-pay, low-skill […]
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News Headlines May 8, 2015: Tesla Receives $800 Million in Orders for Battery, UK Opposition Party Leaders Resign, Putin Fires Generals
Chinese president arrives in Russia, meets with Putin from Russia Today Tesla’s Battery Receives $800 million in Orders Leaders of Opposition UK Parties Resign in Wake of Tory Victory United Nations Inspectors Discover VX and Sarin Gas at Location in Syria Water with Potential for Life Found on Saturn’s Moon, Enceladus Vietnamese Mail Order Bride […]
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International Relations
North America
Cuba Decries Decades-Old United States’ Economic Sanctions
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, spoke at the United Nations 69th General Assembly on Saturday, slamming the United States for its unilateral application of economic sanctions as an implement of foreign policy, decrying the five decades-old embargo the United States has on Cuban goods. The extraterritorial implementation of the US laws […]
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International Relations
Middle East
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: ISIS Airstrikes Are ‘Psychological Warfare’
In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Islamic Republic of Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called US airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as ISIL – Islamic State of Iraq and Levant) ‘psychological warfare’ and said that a broader spectrum of action is needed to combat the terrorist organization whose territory […]
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North Korea News Today
Should the World Send Food Aid to North Korea?
Should the world reconsider its food aid to North Korea? VICE’s food blog, Munchies, examines the situation from the position of analyzing the DPRK’s diplomatic stance as like that of a school bully who threatens in order to obtain good from the United Nations and world aid organizations. Overall an interesting look into one of […]
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