Just hours after UN officials called for Myanmar army leaders to be tried for genocide, Facebook blocked the accounts of army chief Min Aung Hlaing and other top brass. The online network wields immense power in Myanmar. In order to… Read More ›
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Syrian Crematory Is Hiding Mass Killings of Prisoners, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON — The United States accused the Syrian government on Monday of using a crematory to hide mass murders at a prison where thousands are believed to have been summarily executed in the nation’s civil war. The assertion, based on… Read More ›
Syrian Coalition: Russia Practices State Terrorism in Syria
The Syrian Coalition strongly condemned the Assad regime’s and Russia’s barbaric onslaught on northern Rural Aleppo, holding the international community, Moscow and the Friends of Syria Group responsible for the death of innocent civilians. In a statement released today, the… Read More ›
120 International Organizations Appeal for Lifting Siege on Syrian Communities
More than 120 humanitarian organizations and United Nations agencies issued a joint appeal today urging the world to raise their voices and call for an end to the Syria crisis and to the suffering endured by millions of civilians. The… Read More ›
Trapped in Madaya: ‘We Have Become Like Animals, Even in My Dreams I Dream About Food’
“Hold on, hold on. I’m almost there.” Out of breath, Abdullah Burhan, a 25-year-old citizen of the Syrian town of Madaya rushes back to his house so he can get good enough reception for our phone call. Burhan was a… Read More ›
Ukraine Seeks To Blunt Russia’s UN Veto Power
Ukraine has stepped up its effort to restrict Russia’s use of its veto in the UN Security Council, which Kyiv says has enabled the Kremlin to block international action to punish Moscow for “aggression.” In a resolution unanimously adopted on… Read More ›
Lindsey Graham Proves Ayatollah Right – America Is Disintegrating in Madness
By Rmuse; It is certain that since Americans elected an African American man as President, much of the world is aware that Republicans have deliberately and with malice aforethought acted to wipe out America’s government in one form or another;… Read More ›
Netanyahu’s Speech and the American Jewish Condition
The scandal over the Netanyahu speech to Congress is in the end a story about the Jewish condition in the United States. Netanyahu is coming here to tell the Congress to torpedo the efforts of the U.S. president to cut… Read More ›
Why the Honduran Children Flee North
By Dennis J Bernstein in Consortium News AP: Hillary Clinton was probably the most important actor in supporting the coup in Honduras. In part, perhaps, one would assume because one of her best friends from law school, Lanny Davis, who had… Read More ›
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