A Field Guide to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISOL)
"Convert, vow absolute allegiance, beg for mercy, atone, or face certain death!" Those are the gruesome choices forced on Sunnis, Shiites, Christians, Yazidis or other non-Sunni Arab minorities by the...
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Climate Change Will Ruin Hawaii, New Study Suggests
Climate change has its sights on its next victim, and it's one of America's favorite vacation spots. Hawaii is known for its near perfect weather, but a new report from the University of Hawaii's Sea...
View ArticleDisputed Kurdish Oil Tanker Disappears Off Texas Coast
By Terry Wade and Anna Louie Sussman HOUSTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A tanker near Texas loaded with $100 million of disputed Iraqi Kurdish crude has disappeared from satellite tracking, the latest...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Defends Israeli Shelling of Gaza Schools, Hospitals
The Israeli military has the right to attack Palestinian hospitals and schools in self defense if Hamas has put rocket launchers next to them, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said last week at a local...
View ArticleEgypt Has Regained the Palestinian Issue and Its Regional Leadership
The Egyptian-Saudi-Emirati roles overlap on many fast-developing issues, including Palestine, Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. This tripartite partnership constitutes an important strategic choice with...
View ArticleLeading From Behind, and Proud of It
Egypt and the UAE went forward with air strikes against Islamists in Libya without informing the United States. They did this presumably because they are concerned with the growing influence of...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: Where in Hell Did ISIS Come From?
What happens when the strategic fatigue of the West meets an energetic jihadist surge aimed at setting up a Syriaq caliphate? That is the question The WorldPost asked our contributors to address this...
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More Women Than Men Are Dying From Ebola
The current Ebola outbreak may ultimately infect as many as 20,000 people and a disproportionate number of those cases will be women, experts say. Since this strain of the disease first hit Guinea in...
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After 40 Years of Working, Keeping Body and Soul Together Selling Plastic Bags
Selling 'jabitas' (plastic bags) in front of an agricultural market in Havana. (Luz Escobar) 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 28 August 2014 - "I need some dark glasses," Veronica told me one day when...
View Article3 Million and Counting
With Syria's war well into its third year, another depressing marker has been crossed - now more than 3 million men, women and children live as refugees. Conservative estimates of the death count...
View ArticleHenry Kissinger On The Assembly Of A New World Order
Libya is in civil war, fundamentalist armies are building a self-declared caliphate across Syria and Iraq and Afghanistan's young democracy is on the verge of paralysis. To these troubles are added a...
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Surreal Photos Of Feminine Bodies Expose The Many Roles Women Play (NSFW)
Marjorie Salvaterra's images are immediately cinematic. The surreal, black-and-white photos would seem at home in the universe of "Une Femme Mariée," Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 French drama. Mix in a heavy...
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The World's Largest Artist Colony Is About To Be Bulldozed
In the heart of New Delhi lives what is said to be the world's largest collective of performers -- puppeteers, drummers, monkey tamers, snake charmers, singers, acrobats, and more. Their family units...
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World War II Erupts: Haunting Color Photos From 1939 Poland
On Sept. 1, 1939, one week after Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact, more than a million German troops--along with 50,000 Slovakian soldiers--invaded Poland. Two weeks...
View ArticleJamaica's Javed Jaghai Drops Legal Challenge To Anti-Gay Sodomy Law
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A young Jamaican gay rights activist who brought an unprecedented legal challenge to the Caribbean island's anti-sodomy law has withdrawn the claim after growing fearful about...
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Iceland's Latest Volcanic Eruption Has Airlines Nervous. Here's Why....
Iceland, home to one of the largest glaciers in Europe and a multitude of volcanoes, made headlines this week following news of a small eruption in the Bárðarbunga (or Bardarbunga) volcanic system. At...
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Warsaw Is The Cheapest City For A Cultural Vacation, So You Should Go There ASAP
London and Paris are great, but if you're on a budget, a trip to those sparkling cities might make you feel a bit, well, broke. Thankfully, affordable options are out there, and you'll probably never...
View ArticleUN Condemns U.S. Police Brutality, Calls For 'Stand Your Ground' Review
* Panel issues recommendations after review of U.S. record * Says killing of Michael Brown "not an isolated event" * Decries racial bias of police, pervasive discrimination * ACLU calls for addressing...
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This Is What Sikh Looks Like
Sikhism is the world's fifth-largest religion, with roughly 25 million adherent dispersed throughout the globe. The faith teaches that all people are equal before God and should develop their spiritual...
View ArticleU.K. Jewish Leaders To Host Rally To Push Zero-Tolerance Of Anti-Semitism,...
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Leaders of Britain’s small but vocal Jewish community will call on the government, police and public to show zero tolerance for anti-Semitism and Islamophobia at a rally...
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