pope francis: peace is possible in south sudan

.- Pope Francis Thursday told the formerly warring leaders of South Sudan that peace is in their fledgling country through the power of Christ's resurrection... ... The Vatican retreat brought together South Sudanese Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar following war that took the lives of..

why congress must act now on yemen

And Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE armed forces, which have deployed alongside the Saudi air force and who control, via proxies, detention facilities in the south where Human Rights Watch has documented torture, arbitrary detention..

america’s dirty war on immigrant children

The United States has a long history of involvement in the so-called dirty wars south of the border. ... Soon enough the children in cages begin to smell like all caged animals: proof that “shit-hole” nations to the South of the border were sending their garbage, their refuse. ..

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-built carrier could cost up to $675 million while one can be built South Korea for $175 million. ..

baghdad tries islamic state

An image grab taken from a propaganda video released on March 17, 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s al-Furqan Media allegedly shows ISIL fighters recruiting volunteers at an undisclosed location in the Anbar province. ... An image grab taken from a propaganda video released..

un / brunei human rights

Other changes include making it a criminal offence to expose Muslim children “to the beliefs and practices of any religion other than Islam”, Bachelet said in her statement, before describing them as potentially marking “a serious setback” for human rights protections in the south-east Asian..

perilous homelands

Photo: Glenn S. Hensley/Wikimedia . . The British conquered Burma, in 1824, and then Arakan returned to its accustomed role as a coastal space but now connecting British imperial territory in Bengal and Burma. ... The less visible expulsion of poor Hindus from south-western Bangladesh has..

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