Forgotten Voices: New Virtual Reality Project Brings Yazidi Genocide to Global Stage
[Featured Image Credit to Sadiq Khedar] Stephanie Miller Editor in Chief Almost six years after the so-called Islamic State (IS)
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Author: Stephanie Miller
Going Ballistic: Iraq Proxy Conflict Intensifies Under Looming Iran WMD Capabilities
Patriot missile defense systems are now fully operational at U.S. military bases in al-Asad and Erbil, Iraq, months after Iran launched a massive ballistic missile attack in January.
Read more“Full of Firsts”: Sudan’s Plan to Hand Omar al-Bashir to ICC for Genocide
On February 12, Sudan’s transitional government announced its decision to hand ousted ex-President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face charges of genocide and war crimes during the war in Darfur
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Focus on Civilians in Conflict: Elderly and Disabled
Although the elderly and disabled are considered protected classes, millions still suffer from abuse, discrimination, social and political exclusion, negligence in humanitarian settings, and denial and rationing of health care each year.
Read moreThe Global Current’ Podcast Combines Diplomacy with Discourse
“The Global Current’s mission is to report and analyze international news through the art of radio production.”
Read moreNorth Macedonia Gets Rejected Fromm Joining the European Union
In an attempt to revive Albanian and North Macedonian European Union (EU) membership prospects, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic announced plans to revamp methods for evaluating potential member states’ readiness.
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Al-Baghdadi Death Further Illustrates IS Priorities in War Against West
While collateral damage is not a new word to the Islamic State, the al-Baghdadi children are not just another two names to be added to a growing list. Their deaths illustrate the lengths that this self-described “caliphate” will go to give preeminence to ideology in an ever-evolving war kept alive by an estimated 14,000 operatives still active across Iraq and Syria.
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Corruption and Aid Diversion Corrode Former Eastern Bloc
Aid diversion from rural agricultural communities continues as systemic corruption corrodes what is left of Eastern European democracy
Read moreFrom Arbitrary Detention to Hezbollah: Venezuela is a Terrorist State
An active police state operating in the Western Hemisphere is bad enough. A terrorist state is even worse.
Read moreNicaraguan Police Violate International Law in Crackdown on Human Rights Advocates
Over the course of a swift single-session trial lasting over 10 hours, a court in Managua, Nicaragua tried and convicted attorney Maria Oviedo for police obstruction.
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