Samantha Power will be named the next U.S. ambassador to the UN. This has caused a controversy since Power has also been accused of suggesting that the U.S. invade Israel.
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Syria is entering the third year of its civil war and the violence is spilling over the entire region. How can the international community avoid that region slides into chaos?
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The United Nations' attempts to stop the international arms trade usually end up fruitless, and the U.S. is right to go it alone.
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians in cold blood in 2012, plead guilty on Wednesday in a deal to avoid the death penalty.
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The country's secular past might be jeopardized, and that matters.
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Twenty-five Twitter users were detained by police on charges of spreading propaganda and inciting demonstrations, but that won't deter the thousands of Turks who are protesting via social media.
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Iran's Green Revolution may not have needed Twitter, but Turkey's Taksim Square Protests do.
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With complaints of sexual harassment on the rise in Beijing, the Chinese police have warned women against wearing “minimal clothing” such as mini-skirts and hot pants to avoid unwanted groping.
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The new word “Galoche” finally enters the Petit Robert dictionary.
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The prime minister's use of the word "looters," which is "çapulcu" in Turkish, has sparked a counter-movement by protesters to show their peaceful intentions and actions, including this video.
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In a four-month span in 1940 more than 35 million three-milligram doses of Pervitin were manufactured for the German army and air force. Hitler had daily injections of the methamphetamine.
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Senator John McCain's backing of U.S. military intervention in Syria excuses war crimes and ignores history.
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Forty-three NGO workers, including at least 16 Americans, were convicted today in Egypt for being in the country illegally and improperly receiving foreign funds.
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What happens when North Korea goes one step too far? In response to recent belligerence on the Korean peninsula, Kim Jong-un had to respond to his real boss ... China.
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President Obama took action against companies he referred to as "patent trolls" on Tuesday, proposing legislation to prevent predation on innovators.
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Condoleezza Rice, John McCain, and a bunch of Congressional war hawks are pushes for action, but just like in Iraq ... intervention could be messy.
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As the widespread anti-government protests in Turkey continue, there is speculation as to whether they will, or should, affect Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
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This is good for Iraq, but reveals China's oil-hungry weakness.
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A new campaign is targetting Saudi men. Will it work?
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Immigration reform is doomed to fail according to one of its leading Republican supporters, Senator Marco Rubio.
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As civil war continues to rage in Syria, Bashar al-Assad may be turning to Israel as his next target over a long contested place called the Golan Heights.
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Erdogan and the Turkish people are fighting it out on the streets of Istanbul, but the way other countries respond to the crisis will also be a signficant factor in how the conflict plays out.
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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher was in Moscow this week for security talks. Accompanied by film star Steven Segal, the human rights advocate also suggested allying with the repressive Putin government.
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There's no reason to let the military equipment rust in the shadows of uncertainty. And Germany's doing something about it. Graffiti artists, look out for flying surveillance!
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A park, a bloody protest, and a prime minister come together to start Turkey's revolution.
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