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Echoes of 2013 government shutdown still reverberate
Federal News Network· 11 hours agoThe Supreme Court recently ruled unanimously, that a Defense Department employee could challenge a six-day furlough that took place in 2013, during a...
Iran's Hard-Line Parliament Speaker Mohammad Qalibaf Registers as a Presidential Candidate
US News & World Report· 19 hours agoThe entry of Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf brings a prominent candidate with close ties to the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard into the vote to replace President Ebrahim ...
Paramilitary: Russian Mercs Multiply
Strategy Page· 4 days agoJuly 25, 2018: In Russia, there is increasing popular opposition to the growing number of mercenary organizations, especially those working directly for the government. Then there are the PMCs ...
Lawmakers up pressure on Biden to change struggling Sudan policy
Politico via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group have been battling for more than a year now, a brutal conflict that has led to widespread death, sexual violence ...
Mexico's Sheinbaum: from activist to climate scientist to presidential frontrunner
Reuters· 4 days agoIt was 1968, the Institutional Revolutionary Party had governed Mexico with an iron fist for decades...
A Surging Hard Right in Europe Stumbles Over Its Own Divisions
New York Times· 1 day agoElections starting this week for the European Parliament could leave far-right parties with more...
The world’s neglecting vulnerable displaced people. Here’s where it’s worst
Al Jazeera· 19 hours agoEvery year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes its report on the world’s most neglected...
Iran's acting top diplomat visits Lebanon in the first official visit since his predecessor's death
San Antonio Express-News· 17 hours agoIran’s acting foreign minister arrived in Lebanon Monday, his first official diplomatic visit since...
Modi eyes ‘super majority’ amid fears he will change India’s constitution
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIndia’s Narendra Modi is on course to win a “super majority”, early exit polls showed, stoking fears...
A battle rages for a key city in Sudan’s ravaged western region
The Economist· 5 days agoFor more than a year after civil war began in Sudan, el-Fasher held out. City after city in Darfur,...