UNREST CONFLICTS AND WAR

What's left of a Klansman burned in effigy at Georgia rally.
Sandi Bachom
POLITICS
Counterprotesters Burn Klansman In Effigy As Georgia White Supremacist Rally Fizzles
By Mary Papenfuss
"Good Night, Alt Right," activists chant.
In this photo provided by WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines, a soldier views the site inside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines after two bombs exploded Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. The Philippine government says it will "pursue to the ends of the earth the ruthless perpetrators" behind bomb attacks that killed over a dozen people and wounded many more during a Sunday Mass at a cathedral on the restive southern island. (WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines Via AP)
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WORLD NEWS
At Least 20 Dead As 2 Bombs Target Roman Catholic Cathedral In Philippines
By Jim Gomez, Associated Press
The blasts blew away the entrance to the cathedral and ripped through the main hall.
This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows missiles flying into the sky near international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. In a very unusual move, the Israeli military has issued a statement saying it is attacking Iranian military targets in Syria. It is also warning Syrian authorities not to retaliate against Israel. (SANA via AP)
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WORLD NEWS
Israel Strikes Iranian Military Targets In Syria
By Aron Heller, AP
The Israeli military is giving more information on its activities in Syria than it used to.
People are evacuated by a member of security forces at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound, in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan.15, 2019. (Photo: Baz Ratner/Reuters)
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WORLD NEWS
Death Toll In Nairobi Hotel Complex Attack Rises To 21
By Christopher Torchia, AP
Gunfire continued into Wednesday morning, and dozens of trapped people were rescued overnight.
An image grab taken from a video obtained by AFPTV on January 16, 2019, shows US troops gathered at the scene of a suicide attack in the northern Syrian town of Manbij. - A suicide attack targeting US-led coalition forces in the flashpoint northern Syrian city of Manbij killed a US serviceman and 14 other people today, a monitor said. (Photo by - / various sources / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Deadly Blast Strikes Near Patrol Of U.S.-Led Coalition In Syria
By Bassem Mroue, AP
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the morning attack.
This frame taken from video shows a scene of an explosion in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2019. Gunfire and explosions were reported near an upscale hotel complex. (AP Photo/Josphat Kasire)
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WORLD NEWS
American Among The 15 Killed In Nairobi Attack
By George Obulutsa and Baz Ratner, Reuters
Somali terror group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters about the government shutdown outside the White House, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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POLITICS
Only 6 Migrants — Not Sanders' Claim Of 4,000 — On Terror Watchlist Were Detained: Report
By Mary Papenfuss
There were nearly 7 times more on the Canadian border, NBC reports.
National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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POLITICS
John Bolton Says Certain Conditions Must Be Met Before U.S. Withdraws From Syria
By Zeke Miller, AP
President Donald Trump's national security adviser appeared to backpedal on the president's initial promise for an immediate pullout.
This picture shows a US army vehicle supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Hajin, in the Deir Ezzor province, eastern Syria, on December 15, 2018. - Kurdish-led forces seized the Islamic State's main hub of Hajin on December 14, a milestone in a massive and costly US-backed operation to eradicate the jihadists from eastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces secured Hajin, the largest settlement in what is the last pocket of territory controlled by IS, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Kurdish-Led U.S. Ally In Syria Says Withdrawing Troops Will Aid Islamic State
The Syrian Democratic Forces said that a premature U.S. pullout would have a destabilizing effect on the entire region.
A woman and her child watch defaced gravestones at the Jewish cemetery of Herrlisheim, near Strasbourg, eastern France, Friday, Dec.14, 2018. 37 gravestones and a monument for Holocaust victims have been tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti. The graffiti that include Nazi symbols were discovered on Tuesday, hours before a gunman sprayed gunfire near the Christmas market of Strasbourg. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
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POLITICS
Jewish Cemetery In France Desecrated With Swastikas Amid Growing Anti-Semitism
By Andy Campbell
Thirty-seven tombstones and a monument to Holocaust victims were desecrated this week in the Herrlisheim Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg.
A municipal worker removes a tag, in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Paris monuments reopened, cleanup workers cleared debris and shop owners tried to put the city on its feet again Sunday, after running battles between yellow-vested protesters and riot police left 71 injured and caused widespread damage to the French capital. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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WORLD NEWS
Paris Cleans Up In Aftermath Of Riot As Macron Prepares Address
By Angela Charlton, AP
President Emmanuel Macron broke his silence to tweet his appreciation for the police overnight, but pressure mounted on him to propose new solutions to calm the anger dividing France.
A demonstrator wearing a yellow vest grimaces through tear gas Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in Paris. Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to march Saturday on the presidential palace, surrounded by exceptional numbers of police bracing for outbreaks of violence after the worst rioting in Paris in decades. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
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WORLD NEWS
French Police Fire Tear Gas As Yellow-Vested Protesters Swarm Paris
By Angela Charlton and John Leicester, Associated Press
Prized Paris monuments and normally bustling shopping meccas locked down and tens of thousands of police took position around France.
France's President Emmanuel Macron talks during a press conference after the G20 Leader's Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. Leaders from the Group of 20 industrialized nations met for two days in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Mario De Fina/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
French President Emmanuel Macron Abandons Fuel Tax Rise Amid Protest Violence
Three weeks of protests have left four people dead and were a massive challenge to Macron.
Ambulance workers hold flares outside the National Assembly in Paris, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ambulance workers took to the streets and gathered close to the National Assembly in downtown Paris to complain about changes to working conditions as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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WORLD NEWS
France To Delay Fuel Tax Increases: Reports
By Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press
The move is unlikely to put an end to the road blockades and demonstrations.
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POLITICS
Rule No. 1 In Warfare: Know Your Enemy
By TomDispatch, Editorial Partner
There is more than a little poetic justice in General John Abizaid's proposed posting to Riyadh.
TUNIS, TUNISIA - NOVEMBER 27 : Tunisians hold up signs and flags as they protest against the expected visit of the Saudi Crown Prince to the country, in Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital Tunis, Tunisia on November 27, 2018. (Photo by Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Hundreds Protest In Tunisia Against Saudi Crown Prince's Visit
By Tarek Amara, Reuters
Mohammed bin Salman is under fire for his role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Smoke rising into the air after Taliban militants launched an attack on the Afghan provincial capital of Ghazni on August 10, 2018. - US forces launched airstrikes on August 10 to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid explosions and gunfire as security forces fought to beat the insurgents back. (Photo by ZAKERIA HASHIMI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ZAKERIA HASHIMI/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. NEWS
Roadside Bombing In Afghanistan Kills 3 U.S. Service Members
The military says three other service members and one American contractor were wounded during the explosion in Ghazni.
A man breathes through an oxygen mask inside a hospital after what the Syrian state media said was a suspected toxic gas attack in Aleppo, Syria November 24, 2018. Picture taken November 24, 2018. SANA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE
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WORLD NEWS
More Than 100 People Wounded In Aleppo Chemical Attack: Syrian Officials
Government officials claim insurgents were behind the gas attack, but rebel groups have called the allegations "purely a lie."
A demonstrator throws debris at a burning barricade while protesting with others against the rising of the fuel taxes on the famed Champs Elysees avenue, in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. French police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris Saturday, as thousands gathered in the capital and staged road blockades across the nation to vent anger against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
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WORLD NEWS
French Police Fire Tear Gas, Water Cannons At Thousands Of Protesters In Paris
By Thomas Adamson, The Associated Press
Angry over rising gas taxes and government elitism, protesters have been demonstrating for more than a week on the Champs-Elysees.
Afghan security forces arrive near the site after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a packed mosque on an Afghan army base in Khost province on November 23, 2018. - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a packed mosque on an Afghan army base during Friday prayers, killing at least nine soldiers, officials said, in the latest bloody violence to rock the war-torn country. (Photo by FARID ZAHIR / AFP) (Photo credit should read FARID ZAHIR/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Blast At Mosque Inside Afghanistan Army Base Kills 27 Soldiers
By AMIR SHAH, AP
“There were soldiers lying everywhere and the smoke was so thick, it was difficult to see,” said a spokesman at the base.
Afghan policeman keep watch at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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WORLD NEWS
More Than 50 Killed By Suicide Bomber In Afghanistan Capital
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Hamid Shalizi, Reuters
More than 80 other people had been injured in the Kabul attack, according to a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018 court room file drawing, U.S. Marshals escort defendant Akayed Ullah, center, into court in New York for his arraignment on charges of setting off a pipe bomb in New York City's busiest subway station at rush hour last Dec. 11. A guilty verdict against the Bangladeshi immigrant was returned on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Manhattan federal court.(Elizabeth Williams via AP, File)
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U.S. NEWS
NYC Subway Bomber Found Guilty On Terrorism Charges
By Larry Neumeister, AP
Akayed Ullah told jurors he was angry at President Donald Trump when he set off a pipe bomb last December.
Iraqi mourners attend a funeral after a car bomb attack on October 23, 2018 killed six people and wounded 26 more at a market in Al Qayyarah, 60 kilometres (40 miles) south of the Islamic State (IS) group's former Iraqi capital of Mosul. - Al Qayyarah was held by IS after they swept through northern Iraq in 2014. The jihadists were ousted from the town in 2016, almost a year before they were driven out of Mosul. (Photo by Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Thousands Of Bodies Of Islamic State Victims Found In Mass Graves In Iraq, UN Says
The United States estimates between 6,000-12,000 bodies are contained in the 202 graves documented in the report.
Mayor of North Ogden Brent Taylor
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POLITICS
Utah Mayor Pleaded With 'United' Americans To Vote Before He Was Killed In Afghanistan
By Mary Papenfuss
"I hope we all remember that we have far more as Americans that unites us than divides us," North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor wrote.
United States President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, ahead of midterm elections, at Pensacola International Airport in Florida, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Carlos Barria / Reuters
POLITICS
Nigeria Tweeted Trump Caravan Speech Apparently To Defend Shooting Protesters
By Mary Papenfuss
The Nigerian army opened fire last week on protesters, killing scores, according to Amnesty International.
Polizei: Sprengsatz in Briefkasten von US-Investor George Soros gefunden
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POLITICS
Bomb Found At George Soros' House Contained Explosive Powder
This was no hoax. The device had the "components" of an actual bomb.
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