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UN Envoy to Yemen Expects Truce Soon as “Non-Existent” Hospital Infrastructure Braces for Coronavirus
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UN Envoy to Yemen Expects Truce Soon as “Non-Existent” Hospital Infrastructure Braces for Coronavirus

April 17, 2020

PICTURED: Damage to a cholera treatment center in Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders after an airstrike by the…

These Colors Don’t Run – The Face of the Military During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Foreign Policy

These Colors Don’t Run – The Face of the Military During the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 6, 2020

JAPAN, September 16th, 2018. PICTURED: Captain Brett Crozier tours the 7th fleet flagship the USS Blue Ridge with Lt.…

Maximum Pressure Campaign on Iran Intensifies as Fresh U.S. Sanctions Join Coronavirus in Impacting the Country
Foreign Policy

Maximum Pressure Campaign on Iran Intensifies as Fresh U.S. Sanctions Join Coronavirus in Impacting the Country

March 18, 2020

TEHRAN, Iran. March 16th, 2020. PICTURED: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a press conference addressing the upcoming holidays and…


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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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