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More unrest. Iranian authorities continued a crackdown on anti-government protests on Monday, the 16th consecutive day of demonstrations in the country. Reuters reported that, according to an Iranian official, 2,000 people, including security forces, have died so far in the nationwide protests – the first confirmation by authorities of the high death toll. The country […]

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On Dec. 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his country would officially recognize Somaliland, the breakaway region of Somalia, as a sovereign nation. The first of its kind, the move may appear relatively inconsequential: Somaliland is a small, otherwise unrecognized area of roughly 6 million people that has existed outside the formal international […...


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Deadly protests. After more than two weeks of widespread protests, Iranian state media on Sunday aired video showing mass casualties at a morgue in Tehran. U.S. President Donald Trump, who threatened U.S. military intervention if Iran cracked down on the protesters, said Sunday that Iranian officials had reached out “to negotiate.” Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled […]

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(click to enlarge) Reactions in Latin America to the United States’ detention of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have been divided. In several countries – including Argentina, Colombia and Chile – public opinions have differed from those of the national government. The public has tended to support Maduro’s arrest in countries that have struggled to absorb waves of Venezue...


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U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded that Denmark turn Greenland over to the United States. This raises the question of why Greenland matters. It’s true that Greenland has some natural resources, including rare earths, that would benefit whoever controls them, but it’s also true that the island is strategically and militarily important – and this latter point is far too o...


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