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In a North Dakota Courtroom, the Battle for Standing Rock Continues

This story was originally published by Barn Raiser, your independent source for rural and small town news. Greenpeace and the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline square off in court. It’s been eight years since the water protectors were cle

Soros-linked activists flood Romanian Electoral Bureau with appeals against Georgescu, Brussels pressured Romania to block Georgescu’s bid for presidency – Electoral Bureau complies

Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau rejected Călin Georgescu’s presidential candidacy, raising legal concerns over exceeding its authority. Thousands of people took to the streets in Bucharest, protesting the decision. Georgescu announced th

Syria: The persecution of non-Muslims by the new Islamic regime was predictable

In December, historian and author Ralph Ellis predicted that Christians and other minorities in Syria would be persecuted under the new Islamic regime. He’s not a clairvoyant. It is a predictable pattern that Islamists have demonstrated ov

One-day strike at 13 German airports, including main hubs, brings most flights to a halt

Airport workers protest during a strike of the union ver.di at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday, when all major airports in Germany went on a warning strike. Martin Mei

Opinion: Thailand's deportation of Uyghurs to China has echoes of 10 years ago

Police enter an immigration detention centre in Bangkok on Jan. 22. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Syria imposes curfew after its worst clashes since the Assad regime ouster

Syrian security reinforcements deploy in Latakia, Syria, on Friday. Omar Albam/AP hide caption DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's new government sent in

Extractivism and Resistance: Gendered Perspectives on the Global Resource Economy

Extractive economies are deeply gendered, disproportionately harming women and Indigenous communities (mining, land dispossession, violence, health effects) while benefiting multinational corporations and financial markets (Altamirano-Jimén

How does the U.S. federal workforce compare with those in other countries?

The Trump administration's plans for mass firings are sparking protests and challenges in court. Here, supporters of the U.S. Agency for International Development join Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., outside US

Meet the Syrians behind the music that inspired a revolution

A flag with a photo of Abdel Basset al-Sarout is seen in Homs, Syria, on Jan. 31. Yahya Nemah for NPR hide caption HOMS, Syria — His face is ev

Turkish attacks on Tishreen water dam are an ecological threat to the whole region

Ed note: To give the following post some context, Make Rojava Green Again is an organisation that describes itself as the following: We, the Internationalist Commune of Rojava, want to contribute to the ecological revolution in Northern Sy

Taiwan condemns China for conducting shooting drills off its coast

In this image taken off a video released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, a member of Taiwan Navy reacts on the intercom to Chinese war ships conducting drills about 40 nautical miles off the coast of western Taiwan's Kaohsiung and Pingtung cities on Feb.

Huge crowds gather in Lebanon for funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd during a funeral procession at the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb.