Trump and the battle for eastern Syria
By Jonathan Marcus The battle for Mosul may be entering its final phase. The battle for Raqqa is under way. But the battle for the future...
BBC News
Jun 19, 2017
The Pope and Trump discuss protection of Christians in Iraq
Among the topics discussed by Catholic leader Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump was the persecution and protection of dwindling...
Rudaw
May 25, 2017
As Trump Alights in Israel, Palestinians are Descending into Darkness
By Nathan Thrall President Donald Trump makes a 26-hour visit to Israel on 22 May to discuss the “ultimate deal” — a peace agreement...
International Crisis Group 1
May 19, 2017
Mexico’s President Vows to Step Up Protections for Journalists
By Azam Ahmed MEXICO CITY — Faced with a wave of deadly attacks against journalists, the president of Mexico has vowed to take concrete...
New York Times 1
May 5, 2017
Security in the Aftermath of ISIS
President Trump has garnered reams of coverage and criticism for his executive order on refugees, but so far the press has shown little...
Andrew Doran, Robert Nicholson
May 2, 2017
Europe's nationalist international
Immediately after Marine Le Pen successfully advanced to the second round of the French Presidential election by beating the candidate...
Al Jazeera
Apr 28, 2017
SPLC sues neo-Nazi leader who targeted Jewish woman in anti-Semitic harassment campaign
The Southern Poverty Law Center, along with its Montana co-counsel, filed suit in federal court today against the founder of a major...
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
Apr 18, 2017
Haley: Anti-gay abuses in Chechnya ‘cannot be ignored’
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says America will not ignore reports that authorities in the Russian republic of...
The Hill
Apr 17, 2017
Allied forces knew about Holocaust two years before discovery of concentration camps, secret documen
The Allied Powers were aware of the scale of the Jewish Holocaust two-and-a-half years earlier than is generally assumed, and had even...
The Independent
Apr 17, 2017
Amnesty International honours Canada’s Indigenous-rights movement
Children’s rights advocate Cindy Blackstock is among the six people selected to represent the movement. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian...
The Globe and Mail
Apr 13, 2017
A pilgrimage for indigenous rights mobilizes faith communities in Canada
Residents of an "Indian school," Regina, Saskatchewan, 1908. Lots of people know about Spain's El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, says...
Dean Dettloff | America: The Jesuit Review
Apr 7, 2017
The American expats breaking up indigenous communities on the Mexican 'Riviera'
By Duncan Tucker Young boys and elders head to the Mezcala hills to talk about the importance of their heritage and resisting...
The Guardian
Apr 4, 2017
