CONFLICTS AND WAR

An image made available by Iran's Mehr News agency on September 22, 2018, shows an Iranian soldier carrying a child at the site of an attack on a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, that was marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. - Dozens of people were killed with dozens others wounded in an attack in the southwestern Khuzestan province on September 22 targeting on an army parade commemorating the anniversary of the 1980-1988 Iran Iraq war, state media reported. (Photo by Mehdi Pedramkhou / various sources / AFP) (Photo credit should read MEHDI PEDRAMKHOU/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
At Least 25 Dead After Gunmen Disguised As Soldiers Attack Iran Military Parade
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, AP
It's the bloodiest assault to strike the country in recent years.
BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 28: A participant waves a rainbow- colored flag in the final of the 40th Christopher Street Day gay pride march in front of the landmark Siegesslaeule on July 28, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Known as CSD, the event attracts thousands of people every year. This parade takes place for the 40th time this year. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
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QUEER VOICES
German Teen Arrested For Allegedly Plotting Gay Club Bomb Attack
By David Rising, Associated Press
The suspect reportedly had instructions on making explosives and was trying to procure chemicals online.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 02: Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) speaks at the news conference held by Congressional Democrats demanding congressional authorization before a first strike on North Korea outside the capital on November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Barbara Lee Warned AUMF Would Create 'Open-Ended War.' And That's What Happened.
By Paul Blumenthal
The 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force has now been used to justify U.S. military efforts in more than 20 countries.
Jalaluddin Haqqani (R), the Taliban's Minister for Tribal Affairs, points to a map of Afghanistan during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan while his son Naziruddin (L) looks on in this October 19, 2001 file photograph. Al Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban and the Haqqani network -- blamed for a Sept. 13, 2011 attack on the U.S. embassy in Kabul -- picked the most ruthless fighters from their ranks in 2009 to form the Khurasan unit, for a special mission. CIA pilots, who remotely operate the drones, could step up their pursuit of the Haqqani network leaders after an attack on the U.S. mission in Kabul last month. To match feature PAKISTAN MILITANTS/HITSQUAD REUTERS/Stringer/Files (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)
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WORLD NEWS
Jalaluddin Haqqani Dead; Founder Of Militant Afghan Haqqani Network
By James Mackenzie, Reuters
His group was known for complex, well-organized attacks on both Afghan and U.S. military as well as civilian targets and high-profile kidnappings.
Mourners attend a funeral of people, mainly children, killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in northern Yemen, in Saada, Yemen August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Naif Rahma
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WORLD NEWS
Saudi-led Coalition Admits 'Mistakes' In Yemen Airstrike That Killed 40 Children
By Mary Papenfuss
The United Nations has warned that such attacks "may amount to war crimes."
Relatives and friends carry the casket of Jose Esteban Sevilla Medina, who died during clashes with pro-government supporters in Monimbo, Nicaragua July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
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WORLD NEWS
U.N. Condemns Nicaraguan Government For Human Rights Violations Against Protesters
By Tom Miles, Reuters
The report documented extrajudicial killings by Nicaraguan police, disappearances, as well as torture and sexual violence in detention centers.
Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be four or five, sits on a bed at a hospital after she survived a Saudi-led air strike that killed eight of her family members in Sanaa, Yemen August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah SEARCH "STRIKE MANSOUR" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.
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WORLD NEWS
Some Saudi-Led Airstrikes In Yemen May Be War Crimes, UN Experts Say
By Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Coalition forces have imposed severe restrictions on Red Sea ports and Sanaa airport, depriving Yemenis of vital supplies which may also constitute international crimes, the independent experts said.
Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Janadriyah Cultural Festival on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 12, 2018. Picture taken February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
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WORLD NEWS
Saudi Arabia Seeks Its First Death Penalty Against Female Human Rights Activist
By Stephen Kalin, Reuters
Five activists are on trial including Israa al-Ghomgham, the first woman to possibly face the death penalty for non-violent offenses.
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WORLD NEWS
Afghan Forces Free 149 Hostages Abducted By The Taliban
By By Amir Shah, AP
The insurgents still hold 21 others following their ambush of a convoy of buses traveling in the Khan Abad district on Monday.
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH A doctor treats children injured by an airstrike in Saada, Yemen August 9, 2018./REUTERS/Naif Rahma TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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WORLD NEWS
Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill Dozens, Including Bus Full Of Children, In Yemen
By Aziz El Yaakoub, Reuters
“Scores killed, even more injured, most under the age of 10," said an aid agency official.
Activists participate in the St Petersburg LGBT Pride march on august 12, 2017 (Photo by Valya Egorshin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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QUEER VOICES
About 25 Russian LGBTQ Activists Detained By Police In St. Petersburg
Demonstrators who hoisted flags or held placards were dragged into a police bus.
Bangladeshi students during clashes with the police during a student protest in Dhaka on August 5, 2018, following the deaths of two college students in a road accident. - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged students on August 5 to go home as police fired tear gas during an eighth day of unprecedented protests over road safety which have paralysed parts of Dhaka. (Photo by Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Student Protests Surge In Bangladesh Capital Over Deadly Traffic Conditions
The thousands of young demonstrators faced tear gas and clubs while demanding safer streets in Dhaka.
PORTLAND, OR - AUGUST 4: Members of the Portland Police stand guard on the SW Corner of Naito Parkway and SW Salmon, separating both sides at the Patriot Prayer Rally in downtown Portland, OR, on August 4, 2018. (Photo by Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images).
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POLITICS
Violent Proto-Fascists Came To Portland. The Police Went After The Anti-Fascists.
By Christopher Mathias and Andy Campbell
Portland wasn't the next Charlottesville. But activists say police almost accidentally killed an anti-fascist protester.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses an election rally of his ruling ZANU (PF) party in Mhondoro, Zimbabwe July 24. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
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WORLD NEWS
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa Wins First Election Since Mugabe Ouster
By Joe Brock and MacDonald Dzirutwe, Reuters
Mnangagwa is a former spy chief installed after Robert Mugabe’s removal in a coup in November.
Students yell slogans during an anti-government protest outside the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) in Leon, Nicaragua, July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
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POLITICS
U.S. Revokes Visas Of Nicaraguan Officials Over Violence Against Protesters
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
The Trump administration condemned police attacks on demonstrators as hundreds have been killed.
President Daniel Ortega waves to supporters as he arrives to take part in the commemoration of the 39th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution at 'La Fe' square in Managua on July 19, 2018. - Nicaragua on Thursday marked the anniversary of its leftwing Sandinista revolution victory 39 years ago -- but the commemorations were overshadowed by President Daniel Ortega's deadly crackdown on opponents calling for his ouster. (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARVIN RECINOS/AFP/Getty Images)
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OPINION
We May Be Witnessing The Rise Of Fascism In Nicaragua
By Benjamin Waddell, Guest Writer
President Daniel Ortega has violently cracked down on dissent in the country.
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA mourners carry a coffin of more than 200 people who were killed a day earlier by a series of suicide bombings launched by the Islamic States fighters on the eastern and northern countryside of the southern province of al-Sweida during a mass funerals in al-Sweida Syria Thursday July 26 2018 A Syrian government official says the death toll from coordinated Islamic State attacks on a usually peaceful city and its countryside has climbed to 216 in the worst violence to hit the area since the countrys conflict began
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WORLD NEWS
Death Toll From ISIS Attacks In Syria Tops 200
By SARAH EL DEEB, AP
At least 150 people were also wounded in the attacks.
Pakistani security personnel gather at the site of a suicide attack near a polling station in Quetta on July 25, 2018. - At least 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide attack on a polling station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said, as millions voted in a nationwide election on July 25. (Photo by BANARAS KHAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Suicide Blast Kills 31 As Pakistan Holds General Elections
By Kathy Gannon, AP
The attack underscores the difficulties Pakistan faces on its wobbly journey toward sustained democracy.
Security officers gather at the site of a blast outside a polling station in Quetta, Pakistan, July 25, 2018. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed
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WORLD NEWS
Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 29 As Pakistanis Vote In Cliffhanger Election
By Gul Yousafzai, Reuters
The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in the western city of Quetta, where security sources said the bomber drove his motorcycle into a police vehicle.
A demonstrator gestures during a march to demand the ouster of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
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WORLD NEWS
Nicaraguan President Says He Won’t Step Down Despite Deadly Protests
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
About 300 people have died since April amid a crackdown by Daniel Ortega's government.
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Syrian rescuers, known as White Helmets, recover bodies in Zardana, in the mostly rebel-held northern Syrian Idlib province, following air strikes in the area late on June 7, 2018. - Air strikes in northwestern Syria, thought to have been carried out by regime ally Russia, killed 38 civilians including four children, a Britain-based monitor said. The raids, which hit a residential zone in the area of Zardana in the northwestern province of Idlib, also wounded 50 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Syrian 'White Helmets' Flee To Jordan With Israeli, Western Help
By Dan Williams and Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters
President Donald Trump and other leaders requested that the rescue workers be evacuated.
Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City July 20, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
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WORLD NEWS
Israeli Fire Kills Four Palestinians As Troops Shot At On Gaza Border
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters
Earlier, Hamas defied Israeli calls to stop launching incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip.
In this photo taken on July 7, 2018, US Army from NATO and Afghan commando forces are pictures in a checkpoint during a patrol against Islamic State militants at the Deh Bala district in the eastern province of Nangarhar Province. - A US soldier was killed and two others wounded in an 'apparent insider attack' in southern Afghanistan on July 8, NATO said, the first such killing in nearly a year. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Islamic State Fighters In Afghanistan Kill At Least 15 Taliban
The attack occurred during a prayer ceremony at the house of a Taliban commander in northern Afghanistan.
Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Parwiz
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WORLD NEWS
Suicide Bomber Detonates Near Jalalabad Gas Station, Killing At Least 10
“Most of the victims were children, who were working in a car wash close to the suicide bombing site."
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 22: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks to reporters follow the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol May 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans and Democrats said are close to advancing legislation that would reform the reporting process for victims of sexual harassment and would make members of Congress personally liable for any settlements. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Mitch McConnell Confronted By Protesters Asking: 'Where Are The Babies?'
By Dominique Mosbergen
Demonstrators in Kentucky shouted "Vote you out" as he left a restaurant.
CHICAGO, IL - JULY 07: Thousands of activists march onto Chicago Dan Ryan Expressway to protest violence in the city on July 7, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Anti-violence protesters aimed to shut down the northbound lanes of the major interstate in an effort to press public officials to address common sense gun laws, joblessness and access to quality education. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images)
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U.S. NEWS
Massive Protest Against Gun Violence Closes Chicago Highway
By Mary Papenfuss
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner sparred on Twitter over the response to the protest.
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