UN human rights experts have expressed alarm over the case of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi who, after an incident in which she slapped an Israeli soldier, appeared before an Israeli military court today. The experts called for her release during…
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Migrants feared drowned off Libyan coast
Ninety migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, according to the UN’s migration agency, which said three survivors told authorities that most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals but some Libyans were also aboard.…
Another Putin critic dead, as Russia tops US globally
Russian opposition leader Konstantin Sinitsyn was found dead of head injuries in the entrance to his apartment building, according to St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly lawmaker Boris Vishnevsky. Vishnevsky. a leader in the Russian United Democratic Party, posted the report on February 2,…
South Korea bans 36,000 from Olympics
The head of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), Suh Hoon, said that 36,000 foreigners would be banned from entering the country during the Olympic Games for security reasons. “Seoul, in cooperation with foreign intelligence agencies, has banned the entry…
Pentagon report says climate change threatens US military bases
US military planners have determined that wild weather could endanger 1,700 global sites where facilities are already facing impacts from climate change. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics…
Suicide bomber kills 11 soldiers in Pakistan, an ally recently dumped by Trump
A suicide bomber killed at least 11 Pakistani soldiers and injured 13 at an army camp in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, less than a month after the Trump administration said it was cutting aid to reimburse the country for counter-terrorism…
White House cover-up under fire
An unprecedented release of classified law enforcement methods shows there is no evidence so far that the FBI was plotting against President Donald Trump, and it’s unlikely that the so-called Nunes memo will provide anything except proof that the White…
What Trump’s every-country-for-itself rhetoric gets wrong about Davos
By Stephen D. Smith, University of Southern California There is a disarming and almost touchingly naive belief among the presenters and the government delegations in the cloistered mountain village of Davos that “creating a shared future in a fractured world”…
Drowning captured on film in Australia
A woman with a Selfie stick inadvertently captured a drowning tragedy on her GoPro camera as she filmed herself frolicking underneath the waterfall at a popular Australian national park. Anneka Bading, 24, was swimming at Mackenzie Falls on Saturday afternoon in the…
Expectant mother, combat veteran says Congress must lead on foreign policy & use of force
After returning from a trip to the Korean Peninsula, combat veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) delivered a speech at Georgetown University on the dangers of rushing to war with North Korea and called on Congress to reclaim its…