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UK and US launch missile strikes against more than a dozen targets in Yemen following surge in Houthi attacks on cargo ships

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The US and UK have launched missile strikes against more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the ‘increase in attacks’ by the terrorist organization on cargo ships.

American and British fighter jets carried out ‘necessary and proportionate strikes specifically targeted 18 Houthi targets across eight locations in Yemen,’ the Pentagon has confirmed.

The joint operation targeted weapons storage facilities, drones, air defense systems, radars and a helicopter, and other unmanned surface and underwater vehicles. 

The Houthis 

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The US Military Ignores and Neglects the Civilian Victims of Its Air Strikes

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February 2, 2024

The United States can find time to issue orders for new air strikes but not to issue apologies for past errant attacks.

Children play on American military helicopter wreckage in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Scott Peterson / Getty Images)

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In war, people die for absurd reasons or often no reason at all. They

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Yemen Café, a Brooklyn Standby, Expands to Staten Island

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What does owning restaurants have in common with flying? Both are risky endeavors, and both are Akram Nassir’s careers. He’s a captain for Delta Air Lines and has just opened another Yemen Café. While achieving his dream of becoming a pilot, he went into the restaurant business with his father and uncle. He still flies, weaving his schedule with his restaurant duties. His father, Muthamma Nassir, was a chef at Windows on the World and opened the

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Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care.

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SANA’A, Yemen—Raneem Isa Muhammad Jaber dreams of swinging in a playground or participating in a popular pastime called sahlilah, in which children use cut plastic containers to skate down a hill. “I want to play all the games, but I can’t,” said the 11-year-old, who has suffered since birth from a skin condition that leaves black spots all over her body and an itchy and painful black tumor-like growth that covers her backside. “I can’t sit down, I can’t … Read more

EU condemns spate of Quran burnings – POLITICO

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The EU’s foreign policy chief Josef Borrell on Wednesday condemned recent Quran burnings in Denmark and Sweden.

Burning the Islamic holy book “is offensive, disrespectful and a clear provocation,” Borrell said in a statement. Diversity and tolerance for religious communities are key values of the EU and “expressions of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance have no place” here, the top diplomat added.

On Tuesday, a Quran was burned during far-right anti-Islam demonstrations in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies

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The Diplomatic Wins at the Heart of China’s Ascendancy

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The parable of the last corals on Earth – POLITICO

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Voiced by artificial intelligence.

For three decades the Israeli scientist Maoz Fine waited for the corals around his home on the Red Sea to succumb to global warming and turn a horrible shade of white.

Instead, he discovered they have a superpower.

In 2013, Fine, who runs a research center in the Israeli port of Eilat, published a scientific paper reporting that the corals across a large sweep of the Red Sea appeared

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Ukraine’s army of activist investigators documents Russian war crimes – POLITICO

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Ivan, 31, spends his days trawling through photos, videos and personal accounts of atrocities: rape, torture, summary executions, illegal weapons, forced disappearances. 

The task is not what Ivan ever saw himself doing. Just a few months ago, he was planning to launch a video-game development studio. 

Looking away, however, is no longer an option in Ukraine — not since Russia blanketed the country with troops, bombs and brutality. Ivan started volunteering for the

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When it comes to diplomacy, Wolfgang Ischinger means business – POLITICO

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February 16, 2022


6:13 pm

MUNICH

It was the kind of tense moment that Wolfgang Ischinger was born to defuse. The veteran German diplomat and chairman of the annual Munich Security Conference was hosting a meeting between leaders from the Balkans and senior European and American diplomats when anger bubbled up over the slow progress countries from the region were making toward joining the European Union. 

“You have to tell us if you want us or not,” Serbian President Aleksandar

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Facebook did little to moderate posts in the world’s most violent countries – POLITICO

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In late 2020, Facebook researchers came to a sobering conclusion. The company’s efforts to curb hate speech in the Arabic world were not working.

In a 59-page memo circulated internally just before New Year’s Eve, engineers detailed the grim numbers.

Only 6 percent of Arabic-language hate content was detected on Instagram before it made its way onto the photo-sharing platform owned by Facebook. That compared with a 40 percent takedown rate on Facebook.

Ads attacking women and the LGBTQ community

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