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A demonstrator who supports keeping Confederate era monuments joins other protestors before the Jefferson Davis statue was taken down in New Orleans,, May 11, 2017. (AP/Gerald Herbert)

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Archives for May 2017

UN: Yemen Faces ‘Total Collapse’ From Saudi Arabia’s War

More than two years of war in Yemen has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with almost seven million people on the brink of famine.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016 photo, infant Udai Faisal, who is suffering from acute malnutrition, is hospitalized at Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Udai died on March 24. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen’s conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade a year ago. (AP Photo/Maad al-Zikry)

A new report from UN humanitarian officials is warning that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is getting even worse, saying it is no longer correct to say that “crisis is coming,” but time to recognize that the crisis in Yemen has already arrived, with mounting starvation, war casualties, and an outbreak of cholera. Yemen was already the

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UK Mosques Refuse To Provide Funeral Rights For Manchester Bomber

The remains of the suicide bomber were still being held outside of Manchester and no one has agreed to receive it.

Al Arabiya
By Al Arabiya
Manchester bomber Salman Abedi (Photo: Twitter)

Mosques, Islamic centers and municipal councils in the city of Manchester have refused to perform funeral prayers for suicide bomber Salman Abedi or bury his body inside the city. British newspaper the Metro reported that the remains of the suicide bomber were still being held outside the city and that no one has agreed to receive it. Abedi blew

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Terrorist Attack On Kabul Diplomatic Zone Leaves 80 Dead, Scores Wounded

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, though both the Taliban and the ISIS have staged large-scale attacks in the Afghan capital in the past.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Security forces inspect near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 31, 2017. A massive explosion rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, causing casualties and sending a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

KABUL, Afghanistan — A massive suicide truck bombing rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing 80 people and wounding as many as 350, an attack that left a scene of mayhem and destruction and sent a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital. The target of the explosion in the Wazir Akbar Khan area was not

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Anthrax And “Russiagate”: Mueller’s Special Counsel Appointment Should Raise Concern

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s irresponsible handling of the 2001 anthrax attacks left one man dead by his own hand and forever tarnished the reputation of another. Mueller is now heading the “Russiagate” investigation, despite his demonstrated lack of competence.

Robbie Martin
By Robbie Martin
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

OAKLAND (Analysis) -- Amidst the overwhelming bipartisan praise given to former FBI Director Robert Mueller for his appointment as special counsel in the Trump-Russia investigation, few media outlets have voiced concern over his credentials. Mueller’s unforgivably poor performance during an investigation into the 2001 anthrax scare should give

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We Know What Inspired The Manchester Attack, We Just Won’t Admit It

The US and UK governments will look in any direction except Saudi Arabia when seeking the causes of terrorism, lest they risk their lucrative relationship with the Gulf monarchy.

Patrick Cockburn
By Patrick Cockburn
Saudi Arabia Salafist top cleric, Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, listens to a speech of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the Consultative Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

In the wake of the massacre in Manchester, people rightly warn against blaming the entire Muslim community in Britain and the world. Certainly one of the aims of those who carry out such atrocities is to provoke the communal punishment of all Muslims, thereby alienating a portion of them who will then become open to recruitment by Isis and al-Qaeda

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Give The Portland Heroes The Presidential Medal Of Freedom

If the price of freedom is eternal vigilance, so is the price of equality.

Betsy Karasik
By Betsy Karasik
A wreath covered with positive messages hangs at a memorial for two bystanders who were stabbed to death Friday, while trying to stop a man who was yelling anti-Muslim slurs and acting aggressively toward two young women, including one wearing a hijab on a light-trail train in Portland, Ore, May 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

As we honored and remembered over the Memorial Day weekend so many who have died for justice and freedom, I found myself inordinately haunted by the Portland, Ore., stabbing of three men who came to the defense of two young women being bullied and harassed, allegedly by a white supremacist hurling anti-Muslim slurs. Two of the men died in the

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