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US Senators Demand Saudis Stop Killing Civilians Before Geting More Weapons

The United States has sold Saudi Arabia more than US$35.7 billion in weapons since 2013, enabling a devastating war in Yemen.

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A young boy who lost his leg in the Yemen war uses a prosthetic limb at a government-run rehabilitation center in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 5, 2016. Yemen's conflict pits the government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis allied with a former president. Yemen's war has killed at least 6,200 civilians and injured tens of thousands of Yemenis, and 2.4 million people have been displaced, according to U.N. figures. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Two United States senators are looking to impose new restrictions on the export of arms to Saudi Arabia, introducing a measure on Thursday that would require the U.S. president to certify that the Saudis are taking adequate steps to fight terrorism and protect civilians before shipping it any more weapons. The proposal, from Democrat Chris

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Shocking Brazil Leaks Prompt Panic In Fraud-Riddled Coup Govt

Three leaked conversations crashed onto Brazil’s political scene this week, raising concerns more damning evidence behind Rousseff’s ouster is yet to come.

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Brazil's acting President Michel Temer arrives to speak, at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 12, 2016.

Fear that more damning leaks solidifying claims that the plan to remove suspended President Dilma Rousseff was a coup is settling in around the unelected interim President Michel Temer, prompting advisors to suggest a shift of corrupt ministers as political scandal rocks the imposed government just two weeks after being installed, the Brazilian

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Protesters Storm Trump Rally In Albuquerque

New Mexico’s population is almost half Latino, mostly of Mexican descent, and polls show they are overwhelmingly against Trump.

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Riot police block off the Albuquerque Convention Center to protests following a rally and speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the convention center where the event was held, in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was interrupted several times by protesters inside a rally Tuesday evening, as hundreds clashed with police outside the event in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the grandstands around the stage, over a dozen protesters held up banners that read, “Trump is a Fascist”, "Undocumented Unafraid" and

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Obama In Vietnam ‘Big Nations Should Not Bully Smaller Ones’

Obama alluded to China’s recent actions in the South China Sea, when he made his bully remark.

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday during his visit to Vietnam—a nation still suffering from a U.S. invasion that lasted 20 years—that big nations should not bully smaller ones. Obama also spoke of the relationship between the U.S and Vietnam amid tensions with China and moves to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Obama alluded to

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San Francisco Police Chief Resigns After Fatal Shooting Of Black Woman

The resignation was welcomed by the city’s activist community, who for months charged the chief with being unresponsive to community concerns.

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San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr speaks during a town hall meeting

The San Fransisco police killed another Black person Thursday morning, except this time there were actually consequences. The city's police chief, Greg Suhr, resigned hours after the fatal shooting of a Black woman and after San Fransisco Mayor Ed Lee asked him to step down. "It's unfortunate it required another innocent life to be taken

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Maduro Warns Of New US-Backed ‘Plan Condor’ Against Left Govts

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said right-wing leaders in South America are generating chaos in order to pave the way for a U.S. intervention.

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Venezuela Anti Imperialist March

A new Plan Condor, similar to the one that took place in the 1970s and 1980s, is being implemented against progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean region, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said during a press conference Tuesday. “The campaign against Venezuela is generating violence and chaos that is allowing an intervention

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Israel Lobby Fails To Block Screening Of Palestinian Film At Film Festival

The film went ahead as planned, despite an intense campaign from Israeli lobby groups.

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A still from Nasri Hajjaj’s documentary, Munich: A Palestinian Story. | Photo: Facebook

Despite the efforts of Israeli lobby groups, a Palestinian film about the 1972 Munich Olympics events was screened at the Cannes Film Festival’s Marche Marche du Film in Paris Monday as planned. An excerpt of Nasri Hajjaj’s documentary, Munich: A Palestinian Story, was shown to film industry professionals in partnership with the Cannes Film

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