Why Anti-Terror Rules are Blocking Crucial Aid in Conflict Zones
Why Anti-Terror Rules are Blocking Crucial Aid in Conflict Zones
The famines looming in countries like war-torn Yemen and Somalia and the conflicts entrenched in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere are making it hard for aid workers to reach everyone who…
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"The Wall": European Version
"The Wall": European Version
A deal signed in Italy with tribes operating in southern Libya may be the last element of the barrier the EU has been constructing to exclude Africans from Europe. “To…
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Brexit - Trump - Le Pen: What Led to these Global Political Shocks?
Brexit - Trump - Le Pen: What Led to these Global Political Shocks?
On May 7, France will choose its next president. In the first round of voting on April 23, voters rejected candidates from the country’s established parties, lifting former investment banker…
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Russia Now Spends How Much On Its Military?
Russia Now Spends How Much On Its Military?
In 2011, Russian President Vladimir Putin signified plans to spend more than 20 trillion rubles ($360 billion) on modernising its countries antiquated military equipment by 2025. In 2016 alone, Russia…
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Peace in the Middle East?
Peace in the Middle East?
President Donald Trump has vowed to work as a “mediator, an arbitrator or a facilitator” in order to broker peace between the Israeli and Palestinian populations. In his prediction that…
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Evangelicals - No Longer a Political Force in the USA?
Evangelicals - No Longer a Political Force in the USA?
Anyone who has been reading about how evangelical Christians were “crucial” to Donald Trump’s victory in November 2016 would probably be forgiven for assuming that the US’s religious right still…
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The Pope in Egypt: Tiptoeing Through a Minefield
The Pope in Egypt: Tiptoeing Through a Minefield
Tiptoeing through a minefield billed as a bid to stimulate inter-faith dialogue, Pope Francis, on a visit to Egypt, tiptoed through a religious and geopolitical minefield. Designed to improve the…
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Good News: 75 % of ISIS Terrorists killed
Good News: 75 % of ISIS Terrorists killed
ISIS (IS, ISIL or Daesh) lost 75 percent of its terrorists through airstrikes by the United States and other coalition forces since 2014, according to the Pentagon. The Global Coalition…
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