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U.N. finally agrees to investigate Saudi’s actions in Yemen

Beating back resistance from Saudi Arabia, the U.N. Human Rights Council broke its stalemate on Friday when it agreed to send investigators to Yemen to look into Saudi’s role in civilian deaths there....

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Houthi rebels fire missile at Riyadh after Saudi airstrikes kill 136 in Yemen

As Saudi-led airstrikes pummeled Sanaa, Hodeidah, and Marib in Yemen — resulting in 136 deaths over 12 days, including nine children and 45 pro-government prisoners — a Houthi-fired missile was aimed...

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The deafening silence on the Saudi strike on a school bus of kids

It’s been five days since a horrific Saudi missile struck a bus going through a market in Dahyan in the city of Saada, Yemen, killing 51 people — including at least 40 children — and injuring nearly...

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Yemeni rebels say Saudi airstrikes killed 22 more kids as they fled attacks

Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed that a strike by the Saudi Arabian-led coalition killed 26 civilians —  22 children and four women — who were fleeing another attack on Ad Durayhimi, about 12 miles...

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Afghan officials have had enough of Erik Prince

Afghan officials have finally had enough, Reuters reported on Friday, angrily rejecting any possibility that foreign military contractors could be charged with training and advising their embattled...

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‘On Her Shoulders’ shows Nadia Murad’s battle against apathy for war crimes

There are scenes in On Her Shoulders that reveal Nadia Murad’s astounding strength, and that show us the price she pays for it. In one scene, she is among a crowd of grieving fellow Yazidis — a...

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New Attorney General William Barr is proud he helped Elliott Abrams get a...

Elliott Abrams — hired by President Donald Trump to run United States policy toward one of the several Latin American countries where he previously engineered coups, broke U.S. laws, and encouraged...

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New report says Syrian civilians have been hit with over 330 chemical attacks

At least least 336 chemical attacks, including sarin, chlorine gas, sulfur, and mustard gas have taken place in Syria since the start of that country’s civil war in 2011, according to a report released...

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Trump revokes ICC prosecutor’s U.S. visa over war crimes probe

The Trump administration has revoked the U.S. visa of the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, weeks after vowing to take action against those investigating potential U.S. war crimes in...

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Republican congressman shrugs off war crimes, says he probably killed...

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) admitted at a town hall last week that as a Marine, he’d taken selfies with dead enemy combatants. He took those comments even further in a recent podcast interview, during...

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