6 [police] officers shot, 1 Killed
posted in: News, United States
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South Sudan: Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign concludes, Malaria deaths top 4,000
posted in: Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilence, Disasters, News
Cholera The first round of an Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign in four priority counties of South Sudan with active transmission of cholera, has successfully concluded despite security and access challenges in some areas, the World Health Organization Regional Office … Read More
Netanyahu to meet Putin over “recent development” in Syria
ERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia next week to discuss “recent development” in Syria. A statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office said … Read More
Europe must ‘wake up’ to ‘clash of civilizations’ – Polish minister after Catalonia attacks
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe
In the wake of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Poland’s interior minister said Europe should wake up to the “clash of civilizations” where Muslim enclaves form “support bases” for terrorists. He claimed Poland is safe as it had prevented … Read More
In a German village, the bell still tolls for Hitler
BERLIN • In a verdant German village, a church bell that bears a swastika tolls. Above the symbol is an inscription: “All for the Fatherland, Adolf Hitler.” When the Nazi iconography was discovered this summer in Herxheim am Berg, some … Read More
President Trump Just FIRED Steve Bannon as WH Chief Strategist
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQw2r5jDPtQ
North Korea releases aggressive propaganda posters boasting of nuclear power over US
North Korea has released propaganda posters boasting that the US mainland is “within our strike range!” and condemning strengthened United Nations sanctions over its recent missile tests. One of the bold posters, released through state-controlled media on Thursday, depicts multiple … Read More
Deadly South Asia floods affect 16 millon people
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More than 16 million people have now been affected by seasonal flooding across a swathe of South Asia, say aid officials. The floods in Nepal, Bangladesh and India are thought to have killed about 500 people and are expected to … Read More
Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East?
posted in: Middle East, News
This post originally appeared at The Nation. Americans have been so entangled in the Middle East for the past few decades that they have begun interpreting their own politics in the terms of that region. Is driving a car into … Read More