Orange Monster Promises to Be Just as Freedom Loving as Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama.

It's 2016. Do You Know Where Your Bombs Are Falling?
The Forgotten War in Yemen and the Unchecked War Powers of the Presidency in the Age of TrumpThe long national nightmare that was the 2016 presidential election is finally over. Now, we’re facing a worse ( Read more... )

Syrian war: Red Cross doctor's heart-breaking letter from Aleppo

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OP: Regarding the first article, I won't hold my breath, but it would be great if Assad could be held accountable. The second article is some recent news from Aleppo.
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German lawyers seek criminal case against Syria's Assad

Targeted bombing of hospitals and civilian areas in Aleppo cited as evidence of atrocities by the Syrian ( Read more... )

“You Muslims are a vile and filthy people.”

Religious leaders in California are calling for a police investigation after identical letters were sent to local mosques hailing President-elect Donald Trump and calling for death to Muslims.

The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a statement ( Read more... )

OP: The Rohingya, an ethnic group in Burma (also often called Myanmar), have been referred to as the most persecuted people on earth (see here, here, and here).

A recent increase in attacks against the Rohingya in the country has seen many flee the country to neighboring Bandladesh (see below).
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Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar ( Read more... )

Kofi Annan vows to lead impartial Myanmar mission

Annan to meet government officials and Rakhine leaders as part of bid to bring together Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya.

Kofi Annan, the former UN chief, will meet members of Myanmar's federal government in Yangon to try to mend ties between Buddhists and the minority Rohingya.


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Auschwitz SS trial: Will Hanning case be Germany’s last?

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The German parliament has approved a resolution declaring that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One was a "genocide".

Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their people died in the atrocities of 1915. Turkey says the toll was much lower and rejects the term "genocide".

The vote heightened German-Turkish tensions at a ( Read more... )

Junipero Serra, the Franciscan friar who Pope Francis plans to canonize during his first trip to the United States this week, advocated and oversaw the whipping, beating, flogging and extermination of Native Americans in what is now California. Serra, the founder of the state’s first mission in San Diego in 1769, will be the first saint canonized ( Read more... )

VIENNA (AP) - The Austrian government is looking at options that would allow it to take possession of the house where Adolf Hitler spent his early childhood as it seeks to end a dispute with the owner over its use, officials said Wednesday ( Read more... )