* There has been horrific, persistent, large scale, deadly flooding in Peru with displacement on a scale I honestly can't wrap my head around. Want to help? https://www.ammado.com/community/193613Read more... )

* "Abortion in Ireland: The fight for choice - BBC News:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39183423Read more... )

* "How the GOP debates are like the Hunger Games:"

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* "'White Helmets' bring medical aid to Syria:" http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/05/22/ac-dnt-gupta-white-helmets-syrian-refugees-medical-aid.cnn

* "American journalist begins 'trial' in Iran:"

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* "Virginia mining exec claims he's an African king, daughter a princess; Disney making a film of it:" http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/14/1384680/-Georgia-redneck-claims-he-s- ( Read more... )

* I’ve honestly been too distressed by the UK election result to comment coherently on them. It’s looking like this is going to be recent Australia Election bad from a human rights perspective or even worse. Best of luck to my UK friends ( Read more... )

* "Pakistan anti-vaccine parents held:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31703835Read more... )

* Turkey is closing most of it's border crossings to keep Kurds fleeing ISIL out, and to keep Kurdish freedom fighters crossing back over to try to protect Kurdish civilians from genocide. Charming ( Read more... )

* Russia has cut off all fuel to Ukraine ( Read more... )

* In Odessa in the West of Ukraine police have burned forty pro-Russians in fire, even as people were dying in fighting in the East. Meanwhile, Europe dithers as many of the countries rely on Russian oil even as what Russia in the Ukraine is doing is scary for pretty obvious reasons, and the international oil companies politic on Russia's side ( Read more... )