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US Opposes Plan For ISIS War Crime Tribunal

US officials say they are concerned that the focus on trials for ISIS detainees would “distract” from the war effort.

Jason Ditz
От Jason Ditz
Clothing worn by a Yazidi girl enslaved by ISIS militants, collected by a Yazidi activist to document Islamic State group crimes against the community, shown in this file photo taken May 22, 2016, in Dohuk, northern Iraq.

As the war against ISIS continues to escalate, there has been an ever-growing elephant in the room: what will happen to the massive number of ISIS members if the group is militarily defeated, and by what mechanism will they be charged? International legal investigators have been pushing the idea of a tribunal for ISIS detainees, but are finding

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Questions Remain As Police Release Video Of Fatal Charlotte Shooting

The release of dash cam and body cam footage follows days of protests and demands for footage to be made public

Andrea Germanos
От Andrea Germanos
This image made from video provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 shows Keith Scott on the ground as police approach him in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 20, 2016.

Following days of demonstrations, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Saturday released footage of the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott. The release of dashboard camera and body camera footage came just one day after NBC released footage from Scott's wife, Rakeyia Scott, of the fatal encounter last Tuesday. Scott's

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British Government Backing Big Oil’s Plans For Drilling In Africa’s National Parks

Endangered Rothschild’s Giraffes in front of a Tullow Oil rig in Murchison Falls National Park. Source: Tullow Oil. The British government has offered support to a controversial multi-billion pound plan to drill for oil in one of Africa’s oldest national parks, according to documents obtained by Energydesk. The project, involving British company Tullow Oil; French […]

Energy Desk Staff
От Energy Desk Staff
Endangered Rothschild’s Giraffes in front of a Tullow Oil rig in Murchison Falls National Park. Source: Tullow Oil plc

The British government has offered support to a controversial multi-billion pound plan to drill for oil in one of Africa’s oldest national parks, according to documents obtained by Energydesk. The project, involving British company Tullow Oil; French firm Total and Chinese oil company CNOOC, could see dozens of wells drilled in Murchison Falls

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Syrian Intelligence Claims To Have Proof Of US Military Coordination With ISIS

The head of the Syrian parliament, added that after the coalition’s airstrikes on the Syrian troops, the US military directed terrorists’ attack on the Syrian army.

Sputnik News
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ISIS fighters patrol the streets in Syria's 6th largest city, Deir Az Zor.

The Syrian intelligence possesses an audio recording of conversation between Daesh terrorists and US military prior to the Washington-led coalition's airstrikes on the government troops near Deir ez-Zor on September 17, the speaker of the People's Council of Syria said Monday. "The Syrian Army intercepted a conversation between the Americans

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Brazilian President Michel Temer: Dilma Rousseff Impeached Because She Didn’t Support Neoliberalism

Rousseff rejected a proposal by Temer’s party which included ‘cuts to health and education spending, reduced welfare benefits, a raised retirement age, new private sector partnerships and decreased market regulations,’ according to a journalist at The Intercept Brasil.

Kit O'Connell
От Kit O'Connell
Soldiers stand guard outside Planalto presidential palace where protesters have projected the word "Impeachment" on the building, as they call for the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP/Eraldo Peres)

AUSTIN, Texas --- During a recent appearance at a corporate think tank, Brazilian President Michel Temer admitted that his predecessor, Dilma Rousseff, was impeached because she refused to implement a neoliberal reform plan published by Temer’s party. Rousseff was formally removed from office on Aug. 31 after the Brazilian senate voted to

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US Policy May Soon Lead Iraq Into Syrian Style Civil War

‘The result could be an Aleppo-style quagmire,’ warned a former U.S. army officer who believes that the efforts of U.S.-backed Iraqi forces to retake Mosul from ISIS could provoke a civil war.

MintPress News Desk
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A soldier from the 1st Battalion of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces listens to an address by his commander after a training exercise to prepare for the operation to re-take Mosul from ISIS militants, in Baghdad, Iraq.

MINNEAPOLIS --- The Pentagon is demanding 500 more troops be sent to Iraq, but foreign policy experts have warned that continued U.S. involvement in the region could provoke a new civil war. Dr. Ron Paul, a former congressman and two-time Republican presidential candidate, expressed his concerns about future instability in the Middle East

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